by Nicole Baxter | Sep 11, 2014 | Book Production
We are very excited to introduce a 100% recycled natural interior stock to our house inventory! We now offer sixteen paper stocks for printing book interiors. Contact me today and I will send you a paper stock sampler—please be sure to include...
by Don Leeper | Sep 10, 2014 | Book Production
Film lamination is important for paperback covers and dust jackets. Books get banged around a lot en route from printer to reader (see my post on cartons). Without cover lamination, corners get bent, the printed image scuffs and cracks, and other mayhem ensues....
by Don Leeper | Sep 8, 2014 | Book Production, Print Positive
Publishing is the process of 1) transforming an author’s manuscript into a book, and 2) finding the book an audience. In the first part, publishers add value; in the second, they unlock it, with the self-interested help of reviewers, bloggers, journalists,...
by Don Leeper | Aug 11, 2014 | Book Production
When we got our new Océ VarioPrint 6320 printers, we did not anticipate that their superior print quality could cause issues, but ironically that is what happened in one instance. The case in question was one where the designer used a typeface with very...
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 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...