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...
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 Nicole Baxter | Jan 28, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
Woodlands Connects is a client presentation book for the master plan presented to The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation by Mark B. Thompson Associates. Bookmobile printed a first run of just 25 copies last fall, and The Woodlands Trust is so happy...
by Nicole Baxter | Jan 25, 2016 | Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Publisher Case Studies
Moss: Volume One is an anthology of Northwest writing. Started as an online publication, Moss ran a Kickstarter campaign last fall in order to launch the first print issue of the journal, which is an anthology of the first three online issues. The Kickstarter...
by Nicole Baxter | Jan 11, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
Hearten: True North Gatherings is a new magazine based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Started as an online publication, Hearten began a Kickstarter campaign last fall in order to launch the first print issue. Bookmobile was extremely happy to be the “trusted...
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 Nicole Baxter | Dec 31, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Publisher Case Studies
Bookmobile works with many Kickstarter creators, and we just finished up conversion AND printing on a Kickstarter eBook and print book for Brooke Dierkhising called Many Ways to See the Sun. In addition to using Bookmobile for the book...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 16, 2015 | Opinion, Publisher Case Studies
2015 has been a terrific year for book publishers! Bookmobile works with over 1,000 book publishers, providing everything from custom book printing to typesetting to eBook conversion to order fulfillment. Here’s just a small sampling of the accolades...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 14, 2015 | Book Production
Along with custom book printing, we also print bound galleys, or as some folks call them, ARCs (advanced reader copies). We work with over 1,000 publishers at Bookmobile, and it really seems like each of our clients prints their bound galleys a little different from...
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...