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 Nicole Baxter | Jan 7, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
How does art book printing for sound artists work? Tristan Perich’s 0.01s: The First 1/100th Second of a 1-Bit Symphony is a perfect example. When I receive a quote request for book printing, I usually have no idea what a book is about, but I can...
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 | 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 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...
