by Don Leeper | May 11, 2016 | Book Production, Dropship and Distribution, Publisher Case Studies
Norton Stillman has been a keystone of the book business in Minnesota for fifty-four years. In 1962 he started The Bookmen with his cousin Ned Waldman. The Bookmen became the major book wholesaler in the Upper Midwest, as well as supplying...
by Nicole Baxter | Mar 14, 2016 | Book Production, Print Positive
One of the most common questions I get at Bookmobile is “What will the print proofs look like? Will they be bound?” Let’s break it down. Your Choices for Proofs At Bookmobile, you can choose to see no proofs, digital proofs (PDFs by FTP or Hightail),...
by Nicole Baxter | Mar 7, 2016 | Book Production, Publisher Case Studies
We’ve been printing and binding splits runs for The American Poetry Review’s annual Honickman First Book Prize since 2006. The American Poetry Review is the most widely circulated poetry magazine in the United States, and is dedicated to...
by Don Leeper | Mar 2, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Dropship and Distribution, Opinion, Print Positive
In a recent post, Mike Shatzkin argued that book publishers ought to face up to the necessity of “standardization.” But what would actually be gained–and what lost? I’ve heard this argument before, usually from smart people in the book...
by Nicole Baxter | Feb 29, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Publisher Case Studies
Action Books is our featured publisher this week. As quoted in Entropy’s Best of 2015: Presses, Magazines, Publishers and Journals, Blake Butler from VICEMagazine says: “Action Books has been filling a gap in American publishing by translating...
by Don Leeper | Feb 25, 2016 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Kickstarter | Crowdfunded, Print Positive
I recently discovered via a tweet from Ware-Pak (thank you Keith Shay!) a marvelous kind of book that gladdened my maker heart. While normal books are made up of leaves–sheets of paper–with a page front and back on each leaf, these books have leaves but...
