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Paperback and Hardcover Split Runs for the American Poetry Review

Paperback and Hardcover Split Runs for the American Poetry Review

by Nicole Baxter | Mar 7, 2016 | Book Production, Publisher Case Studies

We’ve been printing and binding splits runs for The American Poetry Review’s annual Honickman First Book Prize since 2006. The American Poetry Review is the most widely circulated poetry magazine in the United States, and is dedicated to “reaching a...
The Persistent Myth of Standardization in Book Printing

The Persistent Myth of Standardization in Book Printing

by Don Leeper | Mar 2, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Book Distribution, Book Production, Opinion, Print Positive

In a recent post, Mike Shatzkin argued that book publishers ought to face up to the necessity of “standardization.” But what would actually be gained–and what lost? I’ve heard this argument before, usually from smart people in the book business who...
Action Books, Custom Printing for Transnational Books

Action Books, Custom Printing for Transnational Books

by Nicole Baxter | Feb 29, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Publisher Case Studies

Action Books is our featured publisher this week. As quoted in Entropy’s Best of 2015: Presses, Magazines, Publishers and Journals, Blake Butler from VICEMagazine says: “Action Books has been filling a gap in American publishing by translating works that are...
Xylotheque: A Library Full of Books With Leaves, But No Pages

Xylotheque: A Library Full of Books With Leaves, But No Pages

by Don Leeper | Feb 25, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Kickstarter, Print Positive

I recently discovered via a tweet from Ware-Pak (thank you Keith Shay!) a marvelous kind of book that gladdened my maker heart. While normal books are made up of leaves–sheets of paper–with a page front and back on each leaf, these books have leaves but no pages! They...
Book Publishing vs. Book Printing: Rarely the Twain Shall Meet

Book Publishing vs. Book Printing: Rarely the Twain Shall Meet

by Don Leeper | Feb 22, 2016 | Book Distribution, Book Production, Print Positive

At a recent conference, we displayed our wares—beautiful printed art books—while across the aisle from us, Yale University Press displayed their beautiful printed art books (though in a much larger booth!). To anyone not in the book business, this is a confusing...
Bookmobile: A Book Printer, Not A Perambulating Library

Bookmobile: A Book Printer, Not A Perambulating Library

by Don Leeper | Feb 17, 2016 | Book Production, Opinion, Uncategorized

Nicole and I attended the recent College Art Association conference in Washington D.C., where we had a table in the exhibit area displaying some of the awesome art books published by our clients and printed by us. More than once, a conference attendee approached our...

FAQs about Book Printing, Inspired by a Recent Conference

by Don Leeper | Feb 17, 2016 | Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Opinion, Print Positive

Nicole and I recently attended the College Art Association conference in Washington, DC, and had lots of interest in our short-run digital book printing services. A number of questions came up again and again, and I thought it would be worthwhile to do a brief post...
A Field Guide to Office Plants, Art Book Printing

A Field Guide to Office Plants, Art Book Printing

by Nicole Baxter | Feb 16, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies

A Field Guide to Office Plants is a delightful art book that we printed recently, by the artist Christina Kelly.  It’s the story of an office worker who gets so bored that she starts researching her company’s neglected plant: a Sansevieria. Once...
Lunar Insurrection, Short Run Printing for an Art Book Journal

Lunar Insurrection, Short Run Printing for an Art Book Journal

by Nicole Baxter | Feb 8, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies

Last Fall we did a short-run printing of the second volume of Lunar Insurrection, and I became fascinated by this journal. It includes incredible artwork, and the themes of the two volumes they’ve published (and we’ve printed) are, so far, truly out of...
Virtual Reality and the Future of Book Publishing

Virtual Reality and the Future of Book Publishing

by Don Leeper | Feb 1, 2016 | Book Distribution, Book Production, 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...
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