by Nicole Baxter | Jan 11, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
Hearten: True North Gatherings is a new magazine based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Started as an online publication, Hearten began a Kickstarter campaign last fall in order to launch the first print issue. Bookmobile was extremely happy to be the “trusted...
by Don Leeper | Jan 7, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Print Positive
UPS and Fedex have both announced rate increases, which will “coincidentally” average 4.9% for both shippers. The USPS has announced increases averaging 9.5% across many services, however there will be no Media Mail postage increase–good news for...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 31, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Publisher Case Studies
Bookmobile works with many Kickstarter creators, and we just finished up conversion AND printing on a Kickstarter eBook and print book for Brooke Dierkhising called Many Ways to See the Sun. In addition to using Bookmobile for the book...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 16, 2015 | Opinion, Publisher Case Studies
2015 has been a terrific year for book publishers! Bookmobile works with over 1,000 book publishers, providing everything from custom book printing to typesetting to eBook conversion to order fulfillment. Here’s just a small sampling of the accolades...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 14, 2015 | Book Production
Along with custom book printing, we also print bound galleys, or as some folks call them, ARCs (advanced reader copies). We work with over 1,000 publishers at Bookmobile, and it really seems like each of our clients prints their bound galleys a little different from...
by Don Leeper | Dec 9, 2015 | Book Production, Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Print Positive
In addition to printing books, Bookmobile offers book distribution through Itasca Books, and on December 1, we switched from our home-grown book distribution system to iPub, a purpose-built system for publishers and distributors. So far—fingers...
by Nicole Baxter | Dec 9, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Publisher Case Studies
Yes, we print coloring books at Bookmobile too! After all, why wouldn’t we? Our custom book printing services are a terrific fit for coloring books. We can perfect bind a trim size up to 12″ square with as few as 16 pages. For interiors, we offer...
by Don Leeper | Dec 4, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive
Once in a while one finds emanating from the noosphere something novel, as opposed to the daily atrocity or 99-cent sale. This week it was the debut of the PaperLab, a machine from Seiko Epson that makes new paper out of recycled paper in your office, or,...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 30, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Publisher Case Studies
Mini comics are a fun example of the range of art books we print at Bookmobile. The custom paperbacks we produce are a natural fit for printing mini comics and graphic novels as well—unlike other book printers, we can successful perfect-bind as few as 16 pages,...
by Don Leeper | Nov 20, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution
Selling eBooks from your website seems like a dream business: no printing costs, no picking and packing, no postage to deal with. Plus, you’re connecting directly with readers in a way that you can’t when you sell through an intermediary like Amazon or...
