[mnky9800n]

I wonder if one could organize an arXiv print service that binds and prints and ships with a unique cover and such.

Also it should use LLMs and the blockchain.

But this would be nice there are a number of papers and such that if you could submit an arXiv link to a print service I would probably buy a copy. I wonder why no one does it.

[woolion]

Aren't you describing Lulu but for the very niche case of arxiv publications that are small books but not published as books? I think you could do it in a weekend with their API.

[ivansavz]

If anyone is interested in trying this, here is some Python starter code you might find useful: https://github.com/minireference/lulu-api-client?tab=readme-...

This worked four years ago when the API was still launched, but there might have been changes since, so no guarantees.

Most ArXiv PDFs are probably lulu-printable out of the box, but to make a general solution, one would probably need to do some pre-processing with ghostscript (gs), e.g. embed all fonts and flatten images (no transparency).

[mnky9800n]

also, they require that you have both the interior contents as a pdf and a pdf of the cover, so it will need to either auto-generate or offer the option to have a custom cover art.

[mnky9800n]

yes thats what i thought after the post. haha.