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Archive for the ‘Soft Cover Book Printing’ Category
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
If you research the term “lamination” online, in print books, or by talking with commercial printers, you’ll see that the concept has two distinct meanings. (more…)
Posted in Digital Printing, Large-Format Printing, Paper and finishing, Poster Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Lamination and Large Format Printing, Book Covers, Posters, Menus
Friday, December 16th, 2011
A client of mine runs a small publishing house for literary works: poetry, fiction, memoirs, and such. She has recently sent a book to a commercial printer for a short run of 100 reader copies. These are also called “galleys.” Reviewers will read the copies and make suggestions, then the author will update and correct the text. After this step, a book printer will produce between 2,000 and 3,500 copies of the final edition. The commercial printer will produce the short run digitally on an HP Indigo press. The book printer will run the job on an offset press. (more…)
Posted in Book Printing, Paper and finishing, Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Custom Printing: Paper Choices Case Study
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
In a few recent postings, I have been describing an ongoing book printing job. My client wants to reduce the cost, and she has therefore been considering various formats, bindings, and color schemes. (more…)
Posted in Book Binding Options, Book Printing, Offset Printing, Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing: More Ways to Cut Costs
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
A print brokering client of mine recently provided specifications for a small-format book printing run. One option for this 64-page directory included 16 pages of color and the balance in black ink only. The other option assumed process color throughout. I found a custom printing supplier in Texas with a large-format press that could handle 32-page signatures, yielding a price much lower that those provided by local printing companies. However, the total cost still didn’t meet the budget. The job exceeded budget targets whether printed with only 16 pages of color or process color throughout, whether saddle stitched or perfect bound. (more…)
Posted in Book Printing, Offset Printing, Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing: Reduce the Cost by Changing Trim Size, Paper Weight, Color Placement, and Binding
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
I’ve been reading a lot recently about the future of print.
In a Book, It’s All About the Story
In an article by The Sun Daily, the author quotes The Ottawa Citizen: “All the arguments against e-books are about external incidentals—the feel of a book, the crinkle of the pages and so on. None of these things has anything to do with what makes a book worth reading—that it’s a well-written, thoughtful and compelling story.” (more…)
Posted in Book Printing, Magazine Printing, Offset Printing, Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Commercial Printing: Books and Magazines in the Future
Monday, November 21st, 2011
A print brokering client of mine publishes literary works of poetry and fiction. She came to me last week with a book printing job to estimate: 100 copies of a 315-page perfect-bound text, black-ink-only with a four-color cover. These are “reader copies” of the book, and are also called “galley proofs.” Reviewers will make suggestions that the author will then incorporate into the finished book printing run. (more…)
Posted in Book Printing, Digital Printing, Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Digital On Demand Book Printing: How Many Copies? How many Pages?
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