Want to sell your Kickstarter-funded book through bookstores? Do a proper Title Profit & Loss projection first! Last week I outlined a P&L for a Kickstarter project where books are sold directly to consumers; this week I cover distribution to..
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Making an accurate Kickstarter budget for your book publishing project is important. You want to set your fundraising goal at a reasonable level, but don't want to have a project fail because you underestimate the real costs. Book publishers make..
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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...
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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..
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This is the final post in a series of three on managing color from computer to finished photo book. The first in the series is about using color profiles to soft proof on your monitor, the second is on creating..
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This is the second post in a series of three on managing color from computer to finished photo book. The first in the series is about using color profiles to soft proof on your monitor, this one is on creating..
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Bookmobile printed this fine art photography exhibition catalog just a few weeks ago. I heard from the photographer Kevin O'Meara in early March, when he asked for a print quote and schedule for his exhibition catalog. Kevin was looking for great quality..
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The folks at The Luminous Landscape have published two great articles by Irish photographer Peter Cox on his experience publishing two books of his landscape photography funded via Kickstarter. Cox goes into detail on how and why he chose to..
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Warning: this book will make you jealous of its authors. TAKK: Explorations of Nordic Café Culture is a beautiful book of fine art photography and essays exploring the integral role that coffee plays in Nordic communities. Written by Samantha Albert Read more..
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Regardless of how you print your photo book—through a POD, SRDP or offset printing service—it can be a challenge to ensure that the images on the printed pages of your books are true to your photographic vision. When print quality..
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