Quiet Paper Still Makes Noise in the Market

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If I appear in a photo, I look for myself first. Wait. Let me amend that. If I am aware I appear in a photo, I look for myself first. My uncredited guest appearances in the photographs of my wider digital “photo-footprint” are likely to stay beyond my vanity-driven review. I do the same thing […]

You Have WHAT on Your Bookshelf?

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Books. From the time we’re babies, they surround us, with their bright pictures, big words and thick cardboard pages to chew on. Who doesn’t love a good book? What lines your bookshelf will no doubt change and evolve throughout your life, but there will always be titles that withstand the test of time (and teething). […]

[VIDEO] HP and Webcom Present: OneBook Case Study

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HP, Webcom, and the authors of “Unsquaring the Wheel” discuss how digital printing driven by HP OneBook technology was used to produce customized copies of the book for Graph Expo. The panel will also dive into how these technologies can be extended to deliver books, journals, magazines and catalogs in any run length — even […]

WWDSD (What Would Dr. Seuss Do?)

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As some of you might know, I have 4 kids under the age of 7. And that means I read a lot of children’s books. I mean, A LOT. Which is awesome. And as I have been reading them lately, and trying to come up with something to write about for Deb this month, a […]

Eco-Friendly Books Can Be Planted And Grown Back Into Trees!

From Design Taxi – By John Yong To educate children on where books come from, publisher Pequeno Editor and agency FCB Beunos Aires have created eco-friendly books that when planted, will grow back into trees. Called ‘Tree Book Tree’, the books are made from acid-free paper and ecologically-friendly ink—the pages also contain jacaranda seeds. When planted, the seeds will eventually germinate from the […]

Bookmaking Part 2: Everything You Need To Know About Sizes And Signatures

Bookmaking  Part One / Part Three / Part Four By Francis Atterbury Let me say straight away that I can’t tell you everything you need to know about sizes and signatures. Not only do I not know everything, but it would be a pretty dull thing to know everything about! But, I do know quite about them, so here […]

Got Books? What Are You Reading?

by Chloe Mahendra-Fuji, Print Diva Hi! I’m Chloe, and I’m a book addict. I know… last time I said I was a tradeshow addict.. and I am.. but I am also a book addict. I hate moving because it involves one truck for books and about half a truck for furniture. I love the texture […]

FastbindUSA Debuts First PUR/EVA Tabletop Binder in US at GRAPH EXPO

Watch Kent from Fastbind USA talk about their PUR/EVA launch, and take questions from the crowd and viewers from home during our #PrintChat Press Conference – Live from GRAPH EXPO! Affordable and cost saving PUR/EVA tabletop binder will revolutionize commercial print and bindery capabilities Fastbind has developed the first of its kind PUR EVA tabletop perfect […]

May 12-18th Is Children's Book Week

I must admit I’ve never been much of a reader. I grew up sitting in front of a TV when I wasn’t outside playing manhunt, stickball, stoop-ball, and drinking water from the garden hose! Saturday mornings were all about cartoons and shows like Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, HR Pufnstuf <–ok […]

HP Powers Up Publishing!

I started sharing a link to HP’s new publishing focused site the other day because I LOVE when companies get aboard the “let’s find new ways to help you grow your biz, and keep the presses pumping” train. This is the first time I had come across a focus specifically for publishers, who have been […]