[Fitz Frobozz]

If you were an epub guy like me and were thinking about printing a high-quality, labor of love, extremely limited edition coffee table book, what service would you use and why?

I am getting close to the point where I will need to make some important decisions about self-publishing something that I've been working on for a number of years. It was going to just be epub, but it strikes me that several elements add up to justify considering a small number of nice coffee table book editions.

Being the epub guy that I am and not knowing very much about print, after a bit of research I came away with the impression that KDP may be adequate, but only so long as one is content with 8.5"x11" or whatever the maximum dimensions are, and provided that one opts for high quality glossy images and, of course, provides high-res versions. I'm lucky in that I have great images, but I'm not sure I'd be content with that size/format.

As for profit and such, this is largely just a labor of love. I do not expect to capture a large audience with this book, although the subject matter certainly is interesting enough that I can imagine that possibly happening if the stars lined up just right or something. Really, though, my main aim is just to have a pile of books created so that I can share them with family members, so I was leaning toward "extremely limited edition" or whatever the kids call them these days.

So I'm curious to read opinions about KDP for this specific use case, and about alternatives that someone in my position should probably at least acquaint themselves with. What services/solutions would you consider using, and why?

I'm sure there are other questions that I should also be asking here, but I'm just too green at this stage and don't know what else to ask. So, apologies for the limited number of questions and for asking such an open-ended one at that, and for this post meandering around like it has.