Who We Serve · Literary Publishers
No big production team? No Problem.
As a known partner to literary publishers worldwide, we provide end-to-end production support so you can focus on publishing.
Literary presses are small but mighty. They take risks the big houses won’t — on excellent but untested authors, translations, and poetry — often with a small production team carrying dozens of titles a year. As grant cuts and book industry challenges push presses to do more with less, Bookmobile is there to provide critical production support.
Since 1982, Bookmobile has been the flex production capacity for literary presses — design and offset print brokering, galleys, short-run initial and reprint runs, and drop-ship and trade distribution through Itasca Books.
Trusted by literary publishers including
“Without fail, exceptional quality and outstanding service define everything Bookmobile does.”
— Patrick Davis, Unbound Edition Press
How we help
Big-press production abilities for a lean team
Let a small staff hit big-press specs on a growing list — without adding big-press headcount.
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Over 40 years of expertise
We know literary publishing: professional designs, galleys and ARCs on your review schedule, paperback and hardcover split runs, and reprints sized to real demand.
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Professionalism meets craft
60+ quality-control checkpoints on every job, so the lead title that carries your reputation looks the way it should.
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Built-in distribution
Drop-ship and trade distribution through Itasca Books, eliminating freight costs and streamlining inventory management.
Proof
Work we’ve done for literary presses
From the blog
- Paperback and Hardcover Split Runs for the American Poetry Review
Case studyWe’ve been printing and binding splits runs for The American Poetry Review’s annual Honickman First Book Prize since 2006. The American Poetry Review… - Graywolf Press and Bookmobile Are Publishers Weekly’s Pic of the Day
Case studyThe big news is that Incarnadine by Mary Szybist, published by Graywolf Press, won the National Book Award for poetry. Congratulations! But also,… - Anhinga Press Sells Print Books Direct to Consumer
Case studyBased in Florida, Anhinga Press has been publishing poetry for forty years. Bookmobile has been printing books for them since 2007. Anhinga publishes… - Attention Poetry Publishers: 80-lb. Vanilla Stock Is Back
BlogBookmobile used to offer an 80-lb. natural uncoated stock and it was very popular. Poetry book publishers and art book printers counted on it to add…
Bookmobile has been Graywolf’s trusted production partner for more than 30 years. We rely on their expert team to manage schedules, page layout, offset print buying, ARC printing, ebook conversions, short-run reprints, and review copy mailing. They are flexible, friendly, and extremely knowledgeable—and always attentive to the smallest details and the big picture.
Katie Dublinski
COO & Associate Publisher, Graywolf Press
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