by Don Leeper | Feb 1, 2016 | Book Production, Dropship and Distribution, Opinion
The Next Big Tech Thing is virtual reality (VR) along with its technical sibling, augmented reality (AR). The New York Times, Google, Apple, Facebook and others are plunging in big time. Over $1 billion was invested in 2015 alone to gain a foothold in what is...
by Don Leeper | Jan 7, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Print Positive
UPS and Fedex have both announced rate increases, which will “coincidentally” average 4.9% for both shippers. The USPS has announced increases averaging 9.5% across many services, however there will be no Media Mail postage increase–good news for...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 31, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Publisher Case Studies
Bookmobile works with many Kickstarter creators, and we just finished up conversion AND printing on a Kickstarter eBook and print book for Brooke Dierkhising called Many Ways to See the Sun. In addition to using Bookmobile for the book...
by Don Leeper | Dec 9, 2015 | Book Production, Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Print Positive
In addition to printing books, Bookmobile offers book distribution through Itasca Books, and on December 1, we switched from our home-grown book distribution system to iPub, a purpose-built system for publishers and distributors. So far—fingers...
by Don Leeper | Nov 20, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution
Selling eBooks from your website seems like a dream business: no printing costs, no picking and packing, no postage to deal with. Plus, you’re connecting directly with readers in a way that you can’t when you sell through an intermediary like Amazon or...
by Don Leeper | Oct 29, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
If you’re a small publisher or a self-publisher, you’ve got multiple options to create and sell eBooks. Though Amazon is the 900-pound gorilla in the eBook world, a lot of eBooks get sold through other channels. Here’s a snapshot of...
