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Printing Offset: Offset Proofs Explained

Printing Offset: Offset Proofs Explained

by Sarah Miner | Oct 4, 2019 | Book Production, Print Positive

Bookmobile is a short run digital printer, but our design and typesetting department works with and manages offset printing with outside vendors. Printing offset is a completely different printing process than digital printing. Offset printing is great for higher...
Book Publishing and Book Printing, The Brains Behind It Ep. 174

Book Publishing and Book Printing, The Brains Behind It Ep. 174

by Nicole Baxter | Apr 11, 2019 | Book Production, Opinion, Print Positive

Considering book publishing and book printing? I recently did an interview with the entrepreneur and author Dave Farrow as part of his Brains Behind It series. Dave covers many topics, from America’s education system, to succeeding as a poet, to the downsides of...
Print Proofs at Bookmobile, Common Questions Answered

Print Proofs at Bookmobile, Common Questions Answered

by Nicole Baxter | Mar 14, 2016 | Book Production, Print Positive

One of the most common questions I get at Bookmobile is “What will the print proofs look like? Will they be bound?” Let’s break it down. Your Choices for Proofs At Bookmobile, you can choose to see no proofs, digital proofs (PDFs by FTP or Hightail),...
Book Distributors and Book Wholesalers: What’s the Difference?

Book Distributors and Book Wholesalers: What’s the Difference?

by Don Leeper | Mar 7, 2016 | Book Distribution, Opinion, Print Positive

The book business is baroque in its complexity. Traditional publishers sell their titles to indie bookstores, bookstore chains, and online bookstores, but they also sell to wholesalers, who in turn sell to—guess who—indie bookstores, bookstore chains, and online...
The Persistent Myth of Standardization in Book Printing

The Persistent Myth of Standardization in Book Printing

by Don Leeper | Mar 2, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Book Distribution, Book Production, Opinion, Print Positive

In a recent post, Mike Shatzkin argued that book publishers ought to face up to the necessity of “standardization.” But what would actually be gained–and what lost? I’ve heard this argument before, usually from smart people in the book business who...
Xylotheque: A Library Full of Books With Leaves, But No Pages

Xylotheque: A Library Full of Books With Leaves, But No Pages

by Don Leeper | Feb 25, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Kickstarter, Print Positive

I recently discovered via a tweet from Ware-Pak (thank you Keith Shay!) a marvelous kind of book that gladdened my maker heart. While normal books are made up of leaves–sheets of paper–with a page front and back on each leaf, these books have leaves but no pages! They...
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