by Nicole Baxter | Feb 5, 2018 | Kickstarter
We have seen a sharp uptick in custom coloring book printing requests at Bookmobile, and many are from folks printing a coloring book for the first time. This post covers how to design and print a coloring book, from interior art, to coloring book paper stock choices,...
by Nicole Baxter | Jan 22, 2018 | Book Production
We’re happy to announce we have a new matte lamination option at Bookmobile: a soft-touch velvet matte. This is not replacing our current matte lamination—Bookmobile now offers three lamination choices: gloss, matte, and soft-touch velvet matte. Soft-Touch...
by Nicole Baxter | Jan 5, 2018 | Art Book Printing, Book Production
Bookmobile has worked with Cabinet magazine for artbook printing since 2011. Cabinet is an award-winning nonprofit art and culture magazine based in New York, printed quarterly. As its website aptly describes, Cabinet “looks to previous traditions of the...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 18, 2017 | Art Book Printing, Book Production
Wondering how to print a comic book, mini comic, or zine? Short-run digital printing (SRDP) is the perfect fit. Once upon a time, artists were limited to either printing 2,000 copies via offset, or producing their comics by photocopying, folding, and stapling. But...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 12, 2017 | Book Production
Great news! We have signed on to the Renewable*Connect program through Xcel Energy. Now in addition to the eco friendly book printing papers we offer, Bookmobile is now run on 100% wind- and solar-powered clean energy. Our CEO, Don Leeper, says: Our previous efforts...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 5, 2017 | Book Production
At Bookmobile, we work with over 60 university presses, and in addition to short-run printing we also provide design and typesetting and eBook services. Our quality, customer service, and competitive pricing makes us a great fit for university presses—the printing...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 16, 2017 | Publisher Case Studies
We are very proud to provide paperback and hardcover printing for many of the nonprofit regional chapters of 826 National. In 2002, the author Dave Eggers and the educator Nínive Calegari founded 826 Valencia. The organization offers free after-school tutoring, field...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 6, 2017 | Art Book Printing
Dismantling Stereotypes is a fine art photography book by the artist Karima White. Karima is a professional photographer in Tucson, Arizona, and this book collects her portraits of black men and boys. As you can see from the really well-designed cover pictured above,...
by Nicole Baxter | Oct 30, 2017 | Art Book Printing
We’re offering a new hardcover photo book printing service at Bookmobile: a cloth linen hardcover case with an inset cover image. HOME LESS, pictured above, by the photographer Alfred Brown IV, is a stunning example. Inset Cover Image on a Hardcover Photo Book...
by Nicole Baxter | Oct 20, 2017 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
Last spring we produced a beautiful short run catalog printing for the artist Kambui Olujimi, to accompany his solo exhibition Zulu Time at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA). Kambui is an artist based in New York, and photography, installation, paper,...
