by Nicole Baxter | Nov 18, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
Bookmobile has been providing custom book printing for publishers, museums, galleries, artists, and fine art photographers since 1996. What is custom book printing? Most book printing is custom book printing, except with Print-on-Demand (POD) printers who only...
by Nicole Baxter | Nov 4, 2015 | Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
. . . and Bookmobile is pleased to be listed as a publishing resource! Bookmobile is so happy to be included on Kickstarter’s brand-new Resources page, just launched last week. Kickstarter wants all the projects they see to succeed, and they are...
by Don Leeper | Oct 29, 2015 | Dropship and Distribution, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded
If you’re a small publisher or a self-publisher, you’ve got multiple options to create and sell eBooks. Though Amazon is the 900-pound gorilla in the eBook world, a lot of eBooks get sold through other channels. Here’s a snapshot of...
by Don Leeper | Oct 22, 2015 | Book Production, Print Positive
There are three different categories of printable images: full color, line art black-and-white, and continuous tone black-and-white. I’ve covered full color image preparation in a series of posts starting here, and preparing continuous tone black-and-white...
by Nicole Baxter | Oct 14, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Opinion
One of the books I bought at the NY Art Book Fair was Publishing in the Realm of Plant Fibers and Electrons by Temporary Services. I really like the long title, and the infographs on the inside were intriguing—plus it was on sale for $5. At...
by Don Leeper | Oct 8, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production
But how was it made? Inside the world’s oldest multicolor printed book Seeing this headline on CNN, I had to read the article! Titled Shi zhu zhai shu hua pu, the book was printed in China in the early 17th century, and it gives instruction in the arts of...
by Nicole Baxter | Oct 7, 2015 | Art Book Printing
Bookmobile’s high-quality short-run art book printing services are a perfect fit for portfolio books for architects, graphic designers, fine art and professional photographers, as well as art school thesis presentations. No more oversized leather folders with...
by Don Leeper | Oct 1, 2015 | Opinion, Print Positive
Since the launch of the Kindle, I’ve read eBooks on Kindle, iBooks, Kobo and and Nook—an average of one a week since the first week of December 2007. That’s a lot, and there’s a reason: eBooks are great for certain kinds of reading. I...
by Nicole Baxter | Sep 30, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Opinion
I had a great time with Don Leeper at the NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1. I went to New York with a small carry-on bag, and I left with a heavy armload of art books for which, luckily, Don had room in his suitcase. Here’s what I picked up and looked at. I...
by Nicole Baxter | Sep 24, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production
Bookmobile 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 a little more heft and thickness to a poetry book or exhibition catalog with a...
