by Don Leeper | Jan 15, 2015 | Book Production, Print Positive
Writing a request for book printing quotes is simple, but don’t just dash it off: ambiguity and missing information will result in inaccurate quotes, wasting your time. Worse, errors created by inaccurate quote requests can carry through the production process,...
by Don Leeper | Dec 8, 2014 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive, Uncategorized
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 digital...
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 the...
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 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...