Online DVD replication/distribution

I wasn't sure where else to ask this, and I figure since many of you guys have been in this for a while and are probably aware of various delivery options, I'd try posting here.
I'm a member of several forums, and one of them is putting together a kind of scrapbook project that compiles creative works by members.
For the graphic/art submissions, the organizer has decided to go with one of those online book-binding services. Basically, you submit all the artwork to them based on their downloadable templates, they print it, bind it and people can order the final product from the website. This site, here, specifically:
http://www.shutterfly.com/shop/Photo_Books_8x8_Story_Book/product_c18020-p3101
I've volunteered to help compile a video submission component, and I'll be authoring the DVD as people submit their videos to me (I'm anticipating a lot of videos in need of correction for pixel aspect ratio issues in the near future, lol).
My question is basically, are there any good online services that are the video/DVD equivalent of the scrapbook/picture book binding service described above? A small-scale (basically to order) replication service that one could submit the ISO of a DVD-Video, discart on some kind of template; and people would be able to order the resultant disc?
thanks in advance,

We just finished a dvd replication job for our summer camp video from New Cyberian in San Jose, CA. I must say the quality was simply fantistic and the customer service was also great. I got burned from a company in San Francisco that copied our ISO file as data without converting it to DVD-Video and blamed on us without specifying it. Fortunately the folks at New Cyberian was able to rectify the problem for us in a very short time.
My experience with cd/dvd copying is not to give orders to so called big companies. When they are big they will need more time to manage their staffs and there will be less time to manage your order. Just my two cents.

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