by Don Leeper | Jun 4, 2015 | Print Positive
Last week we published online forms to calculate paperback spine thickness and book weight. This week we’ve published more calculators and converters for hardworking book production people. Book Publishing and Printing Calculators Calculating Spine Width When...
by Don Leeper | May 26, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive
Publishers often need the physical dimensions of a book before it is actually printed: in particular, the spine width for laying out the cover and the weight of the finished book for estimating shipping costs. This post demonstrates the relatively...
by Don Leeper | May 19, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Print Positive
Doing the research for my recent posts on optimizing image quality provided a great opportunity for me to review our internal color workflow. Along with Sarah Purdy, the head of our color department, and Tim Navin, our IT jack-of-all-trades who has a long background...
by Don Leeper | May 11, 2015 | Book Production, Opinion
At Bookmobile, we’ve been concerned for a long time that the energy we use to make your books comes from clean sources, and we have been frustrated that we have not been able to do that consistently. But there is really good clean energy news on the...
by Don Leeper | May 4, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Print Positive
Regardless of how you print your photo book—through a Print-on-Demand (POD) service, short-run digital printing (SRDP), or an offset printing service—it can be a challenge to ensure that the images on the printed pages of your books are true to your...