I've been asked by a client of mine to not only find a suitable book printer for her 488-page plus cover, 8.5” x 11”, perfect-bound textbook but also handle the warehousing and fulfillment. She has also asked me to research e-commerce options for these tasks.
I just received printer samples of my client's color swatch book. To recap, I have been working on this job with my client for almost a year and a half now. It is a series of 22 swatch books not unlike PMS color pickers used in the graphic arts field.
A few weeks ago a client of mine took delivery of a short run of case-bound books. I didn't get mine until today, and I was thrilled with the results. Particularly since I was using a new printer in the Midwest that had been courting me for over a year. I had liked the pricing and samples, but this was my client's work. It had to look great. The printed sample made me glad I had chosen this book printer.
I'm helping a commercial printing client of mine produce an 88-page-plus-cover perfect bound book of poems. It's gratifying to assist in the creation of a literary work in a world where we seldom have time to pause and reflect.
I'm writing this blog post on New Year's Day. Therefore, it seems fitting to discuss some new trends I've been reading about. It will be interesting to see how these come to fruition in the coming year.
I've been reading a lot about industrial printing recently. I've seen an expansion of printing over the last several years, growing beyond its traditional role in publications and marketing toward a greater role in functional or industrial decoration.