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 15, 2015 | Kickstarter, Opinion
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” –Donald Knuth, pioneering computer scientist This quote popped up as I was searching for a new piece of software for this website. It reminded me of something else I’d read recently:...
by Nicole Baxter | Feb 12, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Kickstarter, Publisher Case Studies
I see a lot of book printing quote requests from Kickstarter Creators and it is often a long sales lead for me, but I don’t mind. Usually the first book printing estimate is to budget the project, so it can be about six months until the project is funded and...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 7, 2013 | Kickstarter, Publisher Case Studies
The Secret Atlas of North Coast Food from Heavy Table began with a super successful Kickstarter campaign, raising $21,995.00 with 439 backers—more than $5,000.00 over the goal. James Norton, the editor, has published books previously, but decided not to go the...
