by Don Leeper | Feb 26, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Print Positive
Photographers have many options for creating a fine art or professional photo book: layout tools like InDesign, tools in Lightroom and Aperture, software from POD services, and, of course, hiring a book designer. This post covers the last option. Book Design:...
by Don Leeper | Feb 16, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Print Positive
In a previous post I discussed the options for printing professional photo books. But how do you create the book in the first place? This post lists your options, and then covers one option—professional page layout software—in detail....
by Don Leeper | Jan 15, 2015 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive
When I was a full-time book printing buyer, I sometimes had projects where the publisher couldn’t make up their mind up about print specifications. Thinking that seeing pricing on all the possible options would help, they would request that I get quotes on...
by Don Leeper | Jan 15, 2015 | Book Production, Print Positive
Writing a request for book printing quotes is simple, but don’t just dash it off: ambiguity and missing information will result in inaccurate quotes, wasting your time. Worse, errors created by inaccurate quote requests can carry through the production process,...
by Don Leeper | Dec 8, 2014 | Art Book Printing, Book Production, Print Positive
Before I was a printer myself, I spent 12 years working for publishers as a book-printing buyer. Along the way, I developed some personal rules for how to save money on book printing. Here they are, updated for today’s world in which offset printing and...
by Don Leeper | Nov 10, 2014 | Book Production, Print Positive
Got a rush title? Last minute changes threatening the schedule? Tempted to rush the proof checking, skip reviewing the order confirmation? Think again: proofs and print run documents are the thin shields between receiving perfect books and receiving books that are...
