by Nicole Baxter | Aug 16, 2024 | Dropship and Distribution
Personnel Changes at Itasca Books Hans Weyandt is the new Distribution Manager for Itasca Books, a division of Bookmobile, in Minneapolis, MN. Mark Jung is retiring at the end of August after 20 years. Hans brings 21 years of bookselling experience to Itasca...
by Nicole Baxter | Aug 12, 2024 | Publisher Case Studies
Romance Novel Printing Romance novels are one of the bestselling genres in bookselling and many indie authors come to Bookmobile for special limited editions for romance novel printing. Romance novels contain multiple worlds, subgenres, and character types:...
by Nicole Baxter | May 10, 2024 | Book Production
The Project Bookmobile prints for 826 National and many of its chapters throughout the US (826 Valencia, 826 NYC, 826 LA, 826 CHI, etc.). The 826 chapters publish young writers, and “equip educators to help every student discover the power and joy of...
by Nicole Baxter | Feb 14, 2024 | Dropship and Distribution
Dropship, Online Sales, and Bookstore Sales Selling books is complicated and Bookmobile is doing our best to make it easier for authors and publishers. We’ve rolled out a new price sheet for our fulfillment and book distribution services and you can request...
by Nicole Baxter | Aug 21, 2023 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Publisher Case Studies
Bookmobile now offers custom slipcases! A slipcase can house a hardcover or paperback, and multiple titles and volumes are an option too. Above is Volume 1 and Volume 2 of David B. Milne: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, from the University of Toronto Press (UTP)....
by Nicole Baxter | May 17, 2023 | Book Production
Bookmobile’s provides templates for covers: paperbacks, dust jackets, hardcover cases, and spine foils. Our cover templates are PDF files with measurements, they are not dynamic or proportionate. But I promise they are easy to use! First, we need designed and...
by Nicole Baxter | May 16, 2023 | Book Production
One of the most common preflight issues we see is a cover or an interior file with no bleeds provided. We can often see that the bleeds are in the original InDesign file, they just weren’t exported when the PDF was created. Another issue is that we’ll receive the...
by Nicole Baxter | May 2, 2023 | Book Production
All the books we produce at Bookmobile get the same care, attention, quality checks, and schedule. As book lovers and print enthusiasts, we all browse the books we’re printing and end up with favorites–whether due to how the book is produced (nice...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 29, 2022 | Book Production
The supply chain issues with book printing paper have eased up, and Bookmobile has added a new book printing paper to our interior paper inventory: 70-lb. natural Cougar opaque smooth at 385 PPI, 95% Opacity This brings us to three natural/cream interior paper stock...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 2, 2022 | Book Production
Paperback and Hardcover Schedules I am so relieved to let you know that our paperback and hardcover schedules have improved dramatically! We’ve been able to shorten our turnaround times for the most part by two weeks, depending on the specs. Why? We’ve worked...
