by Nicole Baxter | Mar 16, 2015 | Opinion
We love printing books here at Bookmobile so much so that we even do it in our spare time. And why wouldn’t we? We are in Minneapolis, one of the most literary cities in the country. Besides all the super presses like Coffee House Press, Graywolf Press, Milkweed...
by Don Leeper | Jan 16, 2015 | Book Distribution, Opinion
“Webrooming” is the reverse of “showrooming.” Showrooming refers to the practice of shopping in local stores, but buying online. Webrooming, on the other hand, is researching items online but then purchasing in local stores. According to a...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 12, 2014 | Opinion
It has been a banner year for our publisher clients! We work with over 1,000 book publishers here at Bookmobile, providing everything from book printing to typesetting to eBook conversion to order fulfillment. Here’s just a small sampling of the accolades our...
by Don Leeper | Dec 2, 2014 | Book Distribution, Opinion
Perhaps the biggest secret of great success in the digital age is to create a market ecosystem in which other participants provide great value at low prices—or better yet, for free—while you sell your stuff at high margins. This strategy is fundamental in the tech...
by Don Leeper | Oct 20, 2014 | Opinion, Uncategorized
What is the true cost of publishing an eBook? Among all the disputation about eBook selling prices, one major misconception persists: that because the reproduction cost of eBooks is very low, then the cost to the publisher is low, and therefore the selling price of an...
by Nicole Baxter | Oct 1, 2014 | Opinion, Uncategorized
My favorite festival is fast approaching: the Twin Cities Book Festival (TCBF), on October 11 at the Progress Center on the Minnesota State Fair Grounds. It’s everything I love about my town and about books, and thanks to the hard work of its host Rain Taxi, the...
