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Calculating Spine Width and Book Weight Before Your Book Is Printed

Calculating Spine Width and Book Weight Before Your Book Is Printed

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...
Congrats to Don Leeper, the 2015 Recipient of the Pat Bell Award

Congrats to Don Leeper, the 2015 Recipient of the Pat Bell Award

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,...
Bookmobile Revises Workflow to Expand Color Gamut

Bookmobile Revises Workflow to Expand Color Gamut

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...
‘Tis the Season for Printing Yearbooks, Student Literary Journals, and Theses

‘Tis the Season for Printing Yearbooks, Student Literary Journals, and Theses

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!...
Clean Energy and Making Books: Some Very Good News

Clean Energy and Making Books: Some Very Good News

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...
Why Yes, We DO Have eBook Services!

Why Yes, We DO Have eBook Services!

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...
Maximizing Print Quality in Your Fine Art or Professional Photo Book:Part 3, Proofs and the Proof Review Process

Maximizing Print Quality in Your Fine Art or Professional Photo Book:
Part 3, Proofs and the Proof Review Process

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...
Maximizing Print Quality in Your Fine Art or Professional Photo Book:Part 2, Making a Print PDF

Maximizing Print Quality in Your Fine Art or Professional Photo Book:
Part 2, Making a Print PDF

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...
Day and Night: A Fine Art Photography Exhibition Catalog

Day and Night: A Fine Art Photography Exhibition Catalog

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...
Tender Buttons Press, Selling Paperback and Hardcover Books Direct-to-Consumer (D2C)

Tender Buttons Press, Selling Paperback and Hardcover Books Direct-to-Consumer (D2C)

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...
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