by Nicole Baxter | Apr 25, 2014 | Publisher Case Studies
In 2012, book distributor Ware-Pak partnered with Bookmobile to supply a high-quality POD-type printing service for their book publishers. Ware-Pak’s client Barcelona Publishers is one of our most successful cases to date! Founded in 1904, Barcelona publishes...
by Nicole Baxter | Apr 14, 2014 | Art Book Printing
It’s one of the biggest and most beautiful jobs we’ve ever printed and bound: 3,000 copies of the art book catalog for the Painting Women exhibition at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Painting...
by Don Leeper | Apr 7, 2014 | Book Production
You no doubt got involved with book publishing because you were fascinated by cardboard boxes, right? Well, when I started buying printing for book publishers—before we started printing books in-house—I discovered that cardboard boxes mattered. The books...
by Nicole Baxter | Apr 3, 2014 | Art Book Printing
Look at what happened to our art book printing of End Pages by Nichts Man. We sent Nick Herman, publisher of Ante Projects, a pristine run of books, and he in turn collaborated with Mr. Man to produce the books by completely soaking them in vats of ink....
by Nicole Baxter | Feb 17, 2014 | Publisher Case Studies
The Feb 17, 2014 edition of The New Yorker has an excellent article by George Packer, “Cheap Words.” It’s an informative look at Amazon’s effect on publishing, and we highly recommend it. Also, Bookmobile is the book printer...
by Don Leeper | Feb 12, 2014 | Book Production
A “perfector,” in printer’s parlance, is a printing press capable of printing both sides of the sheet in one pass. For book printers, this is important both for efficiency and quality. All books print both sides of the sheet, so a perfector is...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 31, 2013 | Publisher Case Studies
Wayne State University Press is a distinctive urban publisher committed to generating high-quality scholarly and general interest works of global importance. Located in Detroit, they publish approximately 40 new books and six journals per year. Bookmobile has...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 5, 2013 | Publisher Case Studies
The big news is that Incarnadine by Mary Szybist, published by Graywolf Press, won the National Book Award for poetry. Congratulations! But also, Bookmobile is THRILLED to announce that we get to do a super quick reprint...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 7, 2013 | Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Publisher Case Studies
The Secret Atlas of North Coast Food from Heavy Table began with a super successful Kickstarter campaign, raising $21,995.00 with 439 backers—more than $5,000.00 over the goal. James Norton, the editor, has published books previously, but decided not to go...
by Nicole Baxter | Oct 15, 2013 | Publisher Case Studies
Chax Press was founded in 1984 in Tuscon, Arizona, by Charles Alexander, and Bookmobile is happy to have been working with them since 1999. Chax Press titles “celebrate the changing shape of American poetry by presenting experimental works with humanist...
