by Don Leeper | Jul 30, 2015 | Print Positive
Here at Bookmobile, we bought our first digital presses in 1996, and we are now in our sixth generation. So while offset presses can still be productive after a decade of service or more, our digital presses have had an average life span of about 3-1/2 years. The...
by Don Leeper | Jul 22, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
A new kind of publisher, the Kickstarter creator, has discovered Bookmobile book printing and distribution services. Though we didn’t actually seek out Kickstarter projects—Kickstarter creators found us—we’re super excited about this new...
by Don Leeper | Jul 13, 2015 | Print Positive
How do you estimate your page count? A castoff. A page count estimate created before a book is actually designed is called a castoff. “Estimate” is the operative term here; castoff page counts are only estimates and will almost certainly vary from the...
by Don Leeper | Jul 6, 2015 | Print Positive
Sometimes the page size of a book must be scaled down after the pages have already been laid out, usually for cost reasons. This post discusses the ramifications of doing so, and introduces two new Bookmobile online calculators. Reasons for Resizing a Book...
by Don Leeper | Jun 29, 2015 | Print Positive
With the expanding number of art and photography books we’ve been printing, we were a little frustrated by our maximum page size of 11-5/8″ x 11-5/8″. Our clients want to print large books! Since that maximum was set, we’ve had lots of...
