Who We Serve · University Presses
Expert support that knows how University Presses work.
We’ve been partnering with university presses for more than four decades, from design to printing to fulfillment.
University presses continue to expand the corpus of human knowledge despite shrinking library budgets, institutional belt tightening, and diminishing grant dollars. Open access has not removed the cost of editorial and production labor, and small-market backlist titles are quietly going out of print because long-run reprints and associated storage costs don’t pencil out.
Bookmobile is the flexible capacity for presses charged with doing more with less: design and typesetting support, offset print brokering, galley printing, short-run initial and reprint runs sized for niche scholarship, on-demand printing and auto-replenishment, and dropship distribution.
Trusted by university presses including
“Without fail, exceptional quality and outstanding service define everything Bookmobile does.”
— Patrick Davis, Unbound Edition Press
How we help
Flexible capacity for resource-constrained presses
Design, typesetting, printing, and distribution support sized to each unique title.
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Staff augmentation
Design, typesetting, and production support when a season’s list is bigger than your in-house team.
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Keep the backlist in print
Short-run, automatic replenishment, and on-demand printing so "out of print" stops being the default for small-market scholarship.
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Journals and distribution
Journal printing, storage, and dropship fulfillment from one partner.
Proof
Work we’ve done for university presses
From the blog
- Specialty Book Binding for University Presses
BlogAt Bookmobile, we work with over 60 university presses, and in addition to short-run printing we also provide design and typesetting and eBook… - Why Yes, We DO We Print Literary Journals and Magazines
BlogAt Bookmobile, of course we print books, but we also print literary, art, and scholarly journals and magazines . . . . . . for undergraduate and MFA… - Offset Printing Services for a High-End Coffee Table Book Celebrating a University’s Anniversary
BlogWhen the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), located in Melbourne, FL, had an idea to commemorate their 60th anniversary as a university with a…
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
Planning your next season?
Tell us about your list and backlist. We’ll recommend the right mix of short-run, offset, replenishment, and distribution.
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