by Don Leeper | Feb 16, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Print Positive
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....
by Nicole Baxter | Feb 12, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, 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, Dropship and Distribution
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...
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...
by Nicole Baxter | Jan 29, 2015 | Art Book Printing
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...
by Don Leeper | Jan 27, 2015 | Art Book Printing
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...
by Don Leeper | Jan 16, 2015 | Dropship and 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...
by Don Leeper | Jan 15, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive
When I was a full-time book printing buyer, I sometimes had projects where the publisher couldn’t make up their mind up about print specifications. Thinking that seeing pricing on all the possible options would help, they would request that I get quotes on...
by Don Leeper | Jan 15, 2015 | Book Production, Print Positive
Writing a request for book printing quotes is simple, but don’t just dash it off: ambiguity and missing information will result in inaccurate quotes, wasting your time. Worse, errors created by inaccurate quote requests can carry through the production process,...
