by Don Leeper | Aug 3, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Print Positive
Why Bookmobile Added PUR Binding to Our Printing Services Standard EVA bookbinding glues do a great job on uncoated papers, but are questionable when binding really big books on coated papers. As we are getting more and more requests to print art books and fine art...
by Don Leeper | Jul 30, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Kickstarter, Print Positive
Here at Bookmobile, we bought our first digital presses in 1996, and we are now in our sixth generation. So while offset presses can still be productive after a decade of service or more, our digital presses have had an average life span of about 3-1/2 years. The...
by Don Leeper | Jul 13, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Fine Art Photo Books, Kickstarter, Print Positive
How do you estimate your page count? A castoff. A page count estimate created before a book is actually designed is called a castoff. “Estimate” is the operative term here; castoff page counts are only estimates and will almost certainly vary from the actual, final...
by Don Leeper | Jul 6, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Fine Art Photo Books, Print Positive
Sometimes the page size of a book must be scaled down after the pages have already been laid out, usually for cost reasons. This post discusses the ramifications of doing so, and introduces two new Bookmobile online calculators. Reasons for Resizing a Book...
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 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...
