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...
by Don Leeper | Jun 25, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
Last week I showed how a tool used by traditional book publishers—the Title Profit & Loss projection—can be adapted for budgeting a Kickstarter-funded book project. I kept the example simple by assuming that the books would only be distributed as...
by Nicole Baxter | Jun 24, 2015 | Book Production
This might be the least exciting blog post I ever write, but people always ask, so here it is: How small can bar codes be? How do you ensure they scan? Read on, and I will reveal all. First, while Bookmobile cannot supply you with the ISBN, we can create the bar...
by Don Leeper | Jun 17, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
When you are budgeting your Kickstarter book project, making an accurate budget is important. You want to set your fundraising goal at a reasonable level, but you don’t want the project to fail because you underestimate the real costs. Book publishers...
by Don Leeper | Jun 15, 2015 | Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Opinion
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” –Donald Knuth, pioneering computer scientist This quote popped up as I was searching for a new piece of software for this website. It reminded me of something else I’d read recently:...
by Nicole Baxter | Jun 11, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
I know I say this with almost every Blog post about art book printing, but this book, this one, really is one of the most spectacular books Bookmobile has printed to date. Hebru Brantley is a visual artist in Chicago, and two weeks ago we shipped a limited run of 300...
by Don Leeper | Jun 4, 2015 | Print Positive
Last week we published online forms to calculate paperback spine thickness and book weight. This week we’ve published more calculators and converters for hardworking book production people. Book Publishing and Printing Calculators Calculating Spine Width When...
by Nicole Baxter | Jun 4, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
The Patrick Parrish gallery in New York, NY is a new client for Bookmobile. We recently printed the three exhibition catalogs pictured above. The jobs first came as an estimate request for the title RO/LU, and I was really happy to see it: Mike Brady, half...
by Don Leeper | May 26, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive
Publishers often need the physical dimensions of a book before it is actually printed: in particular, the spine width for laying out the cover and the weight of the finished book for estimating shipping costs. This post demonstrates the relatively...
by Nicole Baxter | May 21, 2015 | Opinion
We’re happy to announce that our founder and CEO, Don Leeper, is the 2015 Recipient of the Pat Bell Award from the Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MIPA). Don received his award at the 25th Annual Midwest Book Awards Gala on May 13, 2015, in St....
