I did this for a Christmas present to our staff one year. We did it in house and it cost us very little except for the paper. We printed the receipes on regular paper. the front pages and dividers were printed on different colored card stock paper. At the beginning of each section I had different information pages, Rules for Using Herbs, 4 pages back to back of Kitchen Hints and Household Hints. At school we have a machine that puts the holes in the top and we bought the binding strip that goes into the holes. As we did all the work ourselves our only costs were the paper, printer ink and the binding strip. Since I never paid to get one done, I don't know how cost effective this is. However, the good news is we could make up 100 at a time and sell them at different functions? Plus, the one I made up is a Holiday one and that might be another idea for a Holiday gift. My only concern is that I copied the information pages, but I am sure if we posted for "tips" we could get enough of our own and we wouldn't have to worry if we were taking copyrighted material.
I live in Philadelphia PA and if I could get 3 or 4 people to help me with the project, I would take it on. I don't know how to set up a pay-pal account but I am sure there are plenty of people who could do that?
Also, I have some great recipes to add if someone else is taking this on and we do it professionally.
Anyway, another idea for everyone to mull over.