by Don Leeper | Feb 26, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books
Photographers have many options for creating a fine art or professional photo book: layout tools like InDesign, tools in Lightroom and Aperture, software from POD services, and, of course, hiring a book designer. This post covers the last option. Book Design:...
by Nicole Baxter | Feb 19, 2015 | Book Production
Every now and then someone surprises me and asks if Bookmobile’s book printing and book binding is archival quality. The answer is YES! Our paper is acid free. We print for university presses. We print for museums. We print books about the history of binding and...
by Don Leeper | Feb 16, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books
In a previous post I discussed the options for printing professional photo books. But how do you create the book in the first place? This post lists your options, and then covers one option—professional page layout software—in detail. Photographers are pretty familiar...
by Nicole Baxter | Feb 12, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Kickstarter, Publisher Case Studies
I see a lot of book printing quote requests from Kickstarter Creators and it is often a long sales lead for me, but I don’t mind. Usually the first book printing estimate is to budget the project, so it can be about six months until the project is funded and...
by Don Leeper | Feb 9, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Distribution, Fine Art Photo Books
If you are a serious photographer, you’ve likely imagined publishing a fine art photo book. But publishing is more than just printing. Printing your photo book via Print-on-Demand (POD), short-run digital printing (SRDP), or offset is relatively easy; the hard...
by Nicole Baxter | Feb 3, 2015 | Book Production
Bookmobile now offers die cutting! It is THE book printing option I have been waiting to offer, and I am really excited to see how our book publisher and art book clients make creative use of die cuts. Pictured above is our first test, and samples are in the works....
by Nicole Baxter | Jan 29, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Fine Art Photo Books, Publisher Case Studies
This is the second issue of Diffusion: The Matter of Light that we have printed at Bookmobile. Diffusion is a fine art photography annual print magazine, and with each issue I have looked forward to opening the print files to get a preview of the unconventional...
by Don Leeper | Jan 27, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Fine Art Photo Books
There is no doubt that the rise of Print-on-Demand (POD) outfits like Blurb and Lulu have created new opportunities for photographers, galleries, and others printing fine art photo books. But if you are printing more than 50 copies, POD will likely be more expensive...
by Nicole Baxter | Jan 22, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
The Baby as Art Workbook is one of the most gorgeous and cutest photo books Bookmobile has ever printed—let’s just get that out of the way first. Comprised of photos of newborns in beautiful settings by professional photographers, it’s a fine art photo...
by Don Leeper | Jan 16, 2015 | Book Distribution, Opinion
“Webrooming” is the reverse of “showrooming.” Showrooming refers to the practice of shopping in local stores, but buying online. Webrooming, on the other hand, is researching items online but then purchasing in local stores. According to a...
