by Don Leeper | Dec 8, 2014 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive
Before I was a printer myself, I spent 12 years working for publishers as a book-printing buyer. Along the way, I developed some personal rules for how to save money on book printing. Here they are, updated for today’s world in which offset printing and...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 5, 2014 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
Bookmobile’s art book printing includes MFA thesis show catalog printing for studio art shows, plus catalogs for artists, galleries, and museum shows and exhibitions. We see such great artwork and ideas in these catalogs! I really look forward to...
by Don Leeper | Dec 2, 2014 | Dropship and Distribution, Opinion
Perhaps the biggest secret of great success in the digital age is to create a market ecosystem in which other participants provide great value at low prices—or better yet, for free—while you sell your stuff at high margins. This strategy is...
by Don Leeper | Nov 24, 2014 | Art Book Printing
Independent book publishers often find it difficult to get cost-effective distribution services. Publishing one book through a self-publishing service may make sense, but when you become a real publisher with multiple titles, that service is not a good fit. At the...
by Don Leeper | Nov 18, 2014 | Dropship and Distribution, Publisher Case Studies
Once upon a time, selling directly to consumers was a rarity in the book publishing business. Now, publishers of all types are doing it, or planning to. This trend has been enabled by the web and complemented by publishers’ parallel social media strategies. It...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 13, 2014 | Book Production, Publisher Case Studies
At Bookmobile, of course we print books, but we also print literary, art, and scholarly journals and magazines . . . . . . for undergraduate and MFA programs, writing programs, literary presses, university presses, associations, etc. Bookmobile provides...
by Don Leeper | Nov 10, 2014 | Book Production, Print Positive
Got a rush title? Last minute changes threatening the schedule? Tempted to rush the proof checking, skip reviewing the order confirmation? Think again: proofs and print run documents are the thin shields between receiving perfect books and receiving books that are...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 6, 2014 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
Museums, galleries, and artists, like traditional book publishers, are also juggling unit costs, inventory, and production management when printing their art books. While it may seem that Print-on-Demand (POD) is their only option for producing books that...
by Don Leeper | Nov 4, 2014 | Book Production, Print Positive
Dust jackets are the most difficult book components to size. Simple seeming, they are actually complex three-dimensional objects once they are wrapped on a book. A poorly fitting dust jacket is immediately obvious and is guaranteed to create that sinking...
by Nicole Baxter | Oct 30, 2014 | Art Book Printing, Book Production
Bookmobile Offers Many Options to Customize Paperbacks and Hardcovers When readers buy print books, it’s not always for the content. A book can also be a tactile experience, an aesthetic experience, even an olfactory experience. (Do you sniff your books? My...
