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 simple math involved...
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. Paul,...
by Don Leeper | May 19, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Print Positive
Doing the research for my recent posts on optimizing image quality provided a great opportunity for me to review our internal color workflow. Along with Sarah Purdy, the head of our color department, and Tim Navin, our IT jack-of-all-trades who has a long background...
by Nicole Baxter | May 14, 2015 | Book Production, Publisher Case Studies
Here at Bookmobile, it’s not only the season for printing bound galleys and ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) for BookExpo, but it’s also the season for printing yearbooks, student literary journals, and theses as well. Yes, we’re printing yearbooks!...
by Don Leeper | May 11, 2015 | Book Production, Opinion
At Bookmobile, we’ve been concerned for a long time that the energy we use to make your books comes from clean sources, and we have been frustrated that we have not been able to do that consistently. But there is really good clean energy news on the horizon—and...
by Rachel Holscher | May 8, 2015 | Book Production, Publisher Case Studies
Perilous adventures in the North Woods, lost Norman Rockwell paintings, life on a rural midwestern farm—we’ve converted all of these historical stories from print to eBook! We emphasize craft digital here at Bookmobile, and that includes our eBook conversion...
by Don Leeper | May 4, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Print Positive
Regardless of how you print your photo book—through a Print-on-Demand (POD) service, short-run digital printing (SRDP), or an offset printing service—it can be a challenge to ensure that the images on the printed pages of your books are true to your photographic...
by Don Leeper | Apr 30, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Print Positive
Regardless of how you print your photo book—through a Print-on-Demand (POD) service, short-run digital printing (SRDP), or an offset printing service— it can be a challenge to ensure that the images on the printed pages of your books are true to your photographic...
by Nicole Baxter | Apr 27, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books
Bookmobile printed this fine art photography exhibition catalog just a few weeks ago. I heard from the photographer Kevin O’Meara in early March, when he asked for a print quote and schedule for his exhibition catalog. Kevin was looking for great quality and a...
by Nicole Baxter | Apr 23, 2015 | Book Distribution, Publisher Case Studies
Congratulations to Bernadette Mayer, the author of Sonnets, and to Tender Buttons Press! Mayer is a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow and a Firecracker Award Nominee, and we are delighted to see Tender Buttons’ success. Tender Buttons is a new client for Bookmobile’s...
