Who We Serve · Museums and Historical Societies
Catalogs that do the collection justice, on time.
Exhibition catalogs, collection books, and local-history titles printed with color-managed care and delivered for your opening date.
A museum or historical society’s book is the permanent record of an exhibition or a community’s story. Color accuracy is non-negotiable, the opening date doesn’t move, and budgets are usually grant-funded or squeezed from an exhibition line.
Bookmobile pairs color-managed proofing and traditional bookmaking craft with short-run economics, so you can print the right quantity for an opening, reprint for the gift shop, and sell or drop-ship through Itasca Books distribution.
Trusted by museums and historical societies including
“I love Bookmobile! You get reasonable cost with superior service.”
— Michael Gillespie, Montclair Art Museum
How we help
A catalog worthy of the collection
Color-managed printing planned around your opening date and your budget.
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Color you can trust
Physical proofs and color management built for reproducing artwork and archival images accurately.
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Built around your opening
Schedules planned backward from the exhibition date, with short runs that fit the budget.
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Beyond the opening
Gift-shop reprints, dropship and trade distribution through Itasca Books.
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Work we’ve done for museums
From the blog
- Premium and Unique Custom Printing Options
BlogWe’re happy to offer even more premium and unique custom printing options for short run book printing. These digital embellishments add unique value… - Fine Art Photo Book Printing: Being Seen by Andrew Graham
BlogBeing Seen is a fine art photo book printing, recently printed by Bookmobile, and published by the photographer Andrew Graham. - Fine Art Photography Books: The Historic Republication of Edward S. Curtis
BlogThe historic republication of Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian has the pinnacle of the fine art photography books we’ve printed .
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
Have an exhibition or local-history book coming up?
Send us your trim, page count, and opening date. We’ll recommend paper, binding, and a schedule that works.
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