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See why more photographers are turning to Marathon.
Fast, Reliable Delivery:
You will receive your first color proof free and just two weeks from the time Marathon receives your digital layout files. After your proof approval, your books will ship in 2-3 weeks. Rush service is available depending on seasonal demand.
Higher Quality:
Our real ink-based printing system provides higher resolution and truer, more vibrant color than the color copier process used by many companies. Marathon has won many prestigious awards for the quality of our printing. Don’t your customers deserve the best?
Low Minimums:
Now it’s practical to offer yearbooks to smaller public, private and parochial schools—even day care centers. Minimum orders start at just 50 books.
Fair Pricing:
Our pricing program is easy to follow. We won’t nickel-and-dime you with mysterious additional charges. You’ll know what your book should cost before sending it in. Our invoicing is accurate, timely and easy to understand.
Personalization Options:
Add each student’s name, portrait or artwork to the cover of softback books for a small additional charge. Every cover for each student can be different. Marathon Press is the leader in variable data technology.
Friendly Customer Service:
We’re here to help you—not sell you things you don’t need. Want straight answers to your questions? Call Marathon!
More no charge extras than any other yearbook publisher!
FREE Layout Software. Create your book faster and easier with Marathon’s software.
FREE “Year in Review” Section. Free four page “Year in Review” Section added to the back of each yearbook at your request.
FREE UV Coating on Covers. high-gloss UV coating really makes cover designs stand out.
FREE Custom Covers. Don’t limit your clients, they can have their own creatively-designed custom cover at no extra charge! More than 75 eye-catching stock cover designs available too.
2 FREE Full-Color Custom Panels. Even on black and white books! Marathon lets you print the inside covers (front and back) in color at no extra charge. This can save you money and provide a competitive edge at the same time.
Plan One
Books Xpress Plan
No design experience necessary! Marathon’s Books Xpress Plan takes traditional Yearbook design and revolutionizes it making it faster and easier for anyone to produce a professional yearbook. Best of all Marathon provides the software free of charge!
3 easy steps
- Import Images and Data
- Auto-Flow Pages
- Add Candids and Graphics
Print with confidence! Insure your yearbook is PRESS-READY before publication. Marathon’s Yearbook Software allows you to proof your book as many times as you like. Print a proof of the entire yearbook to pass along for proofing and make changes as often as you need to before submitting your file. Once the yearbook is ready for publication “as is”, print a final hard copy proof and submit to Marathon.
Features:
- Kid-approved graphics and Backgrounds
- Auto-flow Multiple Pages
- Crop and Rotate Portraits and Candids
- Reorder Pages
- Page templates Provided
- Rotate and Move Images and Page Elements
- Graphics Layering
- Text Editing
System Requirements:
Minimum Requirements:
- Windows XP, Vista
- Macintosh osX 10.4, 10.5
- 2 Ghz Processor
- 512 MB RAM
- Quicktime Player
- Broadband Internet
Recommended:
- dual core Processor
- 2GB RAM
- Acrobat Reader 8
Plan Two
Digital Yearbook Plan
Create your yearbook using an approved desktop publishing software shown below. When ready to publish, submit a PDF for printing along with a hard copy proof. The Digital Yearbook Plan is ideal for those with a background in professional desktop publishing software.
Approved Software:
- Adobe Indesign®
- Adobe PageMaker®
- QuarkXPress®
- Adobe Photoshop®
Submitting Files:
When using the digital Yearbook Plan, you’ll submit your yearbook as a PDF with hard copy proof. Changes made after file submission or additional file preparation work performed by Marathon is charged at $65 per hour and will affect production timelines.
Plan Three
Paste-Up Yearbook Plan
For schools wanting a more hands-on experience, the Paste-Up Plan is perfect. Marathon provides a FREE Paste-Up Yearbook Kit for each school complete with everything they’ll need to get started.
FREE Paste-Up Kit Includes:
- Acetate Sheets
- Page Layout Guides
- Page Labels
- Clipart and Backgrounds
- Stock Cover Selection Sheet
- Yearbook Sales Poster
- Instruction Sheet
- Page Ladder Diagram
- Double-stick Tape
Pricing and Additional Services
Call 800/228.0629 today for complimentary quote on your next yearbook.
Sales Tools
- #810
- poster
- #856
- card
- #787
- pre-pay flyer
