by Don Leeper | Feb 1, 2016 | Book Production, Dropship and Distribution, Opinion
The Next Big Tech Thing is virtual reality (VR) along with its technical sibling, augmented reality (AR). The New York Times, Google, Apple, Facebook and others are plunging in big time. Over $1 billion was invested in 2015 alone to gain a foothold in what is...
by Don Leeper | Jan 7, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Print Positive
UPS and Fedex have both announced rate increases, which will “coincidentally” average 4.9% for both shippers. The USPS has announced increases averaging 9.5% across many services, however there will be no Media Mail postage increase–good news for...
by Don Leeper | Dec 9, 2015 | Book Production, Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Print Positive
In addition to printing books, Bookmobile offers book distribution through Itasca Books, and on December 1, we switched from our home-grown book distribution system to iPub, a purpose-built system for publishers and distributors. So far—fingers...
by Don Leeper | Dec 4, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive
Once in a while one finds emanating from the noosphere something novel, as opposed to the daily atrocity or 99-cent sale. This week it was the debut of the PaperLab, a machine from Seiko Epson that makes new paper out of recycled paper in your office, or,...
by Don Leeper | Nov 20, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution
Selling eBooks from your website seems like a dream business: no printing costs, no picking and packing, no postage to deal with. Plus, you’re connecting directly with readers in a way that you can’t when you sell through an intermediary like Amazon or...
