Who We Serve · Specialty and Educational Publishers
Precise printing for content with a specific audience.
Associations, technical, and educational publishers rely on Bookmobile for accurate, right-sized print runs — always the current edition.
Association, professional, technical, and educational publishers serve focused audiences. Their content is detail-heavy and revised often, so a large offset run risks going out of date before it sells through, and generic trade workflows miss the details.
Bookmobile combines production expertise for complex layouts with short-run printing sized to real demand, plus in-house finishes like 3-hole drilling and tabs, full color and hardcover on our new inkjet press, and direct-to-member fulfillment.
Trusted by specialty and educational publishers including
“Without fail, exceptional quality and outstanding service define everything Bookmobile does.”
— Patrick Davis, Unbound Edition Press
How we help
Built for detailed, changing content
Accurate layouts, current editions, and the custom formats your readers use.
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Built for detail
Typesetting and prepress for technical layouts, tables, math, diagrams, and reference matter.
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Always the current edition
Short runs sized to this term or this conference and on-demand printing, so an update never strands a warehouse of outdated books.
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Custom formats, in-house
3-hole drilling, tabs, and other finishes done in our own shop, plus direct fulfillment to members and students.
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Work we’ve done for specialty and educational publishers
From the blog
- Short Run Book Printing for MakerBot
BlogI think it’s a natural fit that Bookmobile, a digital short run book printing company, is printing books for MakerBot, the purveyor of 3D digital… - College Art Association Sells Books Direct-to-Consumer
BlogOne of Bookmobile’s most recent art book publishers is the College Art Association. With Bookmobile’s services, CAA sells both print books and PDF… - CarTech’s Website Drives Direct-To-Consumer Sales
Case studyCarTech is a leading publisher of how-to automotive titles for hardcore enthusiasts. When CarTech’s website needed a new look with tons of… - ‘Tis the Season for Printing Yearbooks, Student Literary Journals, and Theses
BlogHere at Bookmobile, it’s not only the season for printing bound galleys and ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) for BookExpo, but it’s also the season for…
Bookmobile has repeatedly come up in conversation around the conference table as the printer that can provide a solution. Whether it’s quick turnaround for short runs, reliable paper stock, competitive pricing, or just ease of experience, Bookmobile is where I turn.
Danika Isdahl
Production Manager, Sarabande Books
Have a manual, program, or course text coming up?
Tell us your page count, quantity, and revision cycle. We’ll size the run and the schedule to match.
Recent happenings
What’s new at Bookmobile
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