by Don Leeper | Jun 29, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Kickstarter, Print Positive
With the expanding number of art and photography books we’ve been printing, we were a little frustrated by our maximum page size of 11-5/8″ x 11-5/8″. Our clients want to print large books! Since that maximum was set, we’ve had lots of changes...
by Don Leeper | Jun 25, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Distribution, Fine Art Photo Books, Kickstarter
Last week I showed how a tool used by traditional book publishers—the Title Profit & Loss projection—can be adapted for budgeting a Kickstarter-funded book project. I kept the example simple by assuming that the books would only be distributed as rewards for...
by Don Leeper | Jun 17, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Kickstarter
When you are budgeting your Kickstarter book project, making an accurate budget is important. You want to set your fundraising goal at a reasonable level, but you don’t want the project to fail because you underestimate the real costs. Book publishers have a...
by Don Leeper | Jun 4, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Print Positive
Last week we published online forms to calculate paperback spine thickness and book weight. This week we’ve published more calculators and converters for hardworking book production people. Book Publishing and Printing Calculators Calculating Spine Width When...
by Don Leeper | May 19, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Print Positive
Doing the research for my recent posts on optimizing image quality provided a great opportunity for me to review our internal color workflow. Along with Sarah Purdy, the head of our color department, and Tim Navin, our IT jack-of-all-trades who has a long background...
by Don Leeper | May 4, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Print Positive
Regardless of how you print your photo book—through a Print-on-Demand (POD) service, short-run digital printing (SRDP), or an offset printing service—it can be a challenge to ensure that the images on the printed pages of your books are true to your photographic...