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RGB, CMYK, and Why Your Printed Handout Has Different Colors From the Digital Source

10 November, 201810 November, 2018PaperOne Comment

You’ve ordered business cards and other documents from printers before, right? Did you ever wonder why the colors sometimes looked muddy or muted compared to the...

Book Printer File For Bankruptcy, Stiffs Customers on Outstanding Orders

8 June, 20188 June, 2018Paper, POD, PublishingOne Comment

When book printer Edwards Brothers Malloy announced last week that it was winding down its operations and would complete all outstanding jobs. It’s with heavy hearts...

Between the Folds of a Pop-Up Book (video)

28 October, 201628 October, 2016PaperLeave a comment

Whether it unfolds into a computer or a planetarium, everyone loves pop-up books. But have you ever wondered about the design and engineering that goes into...

Pop-Up Book Lets You Animate Its Illustrations With A Vintage Technique (video)

26 June, 201628 October, 2016PaperOne Comment

Here’s a book which combines aspects of pop-up books and interactive ebook apps. Milan-based filmmaker Virgilio Villoresi has collaborated with illustrator Virginia Mori to create a paper book...

JA Konrath Releases Trio of Adult Coloring Books

10 June, 201611 June, 2016humor, Paper5 Comments

Trad pub may have been the first to cash in on the recent adult coloring book craze, but now indie authors are joining the fun. Earlier...

TV Room “Wallpapered” Top to Bottom in Books

6 June, 201611 June, 2016Book Culture, Paper6 Comments

Companies like Books by the Foot have long enabled conspicuous consumption by letting people buy instant libraries which match a color, topic, theme, or subject. Now...

1985 Pop-Up Book Takes Us Inside the PC (video)

12 April, 201628 October, 2016Blast from the Past, PaperOne Comment

The latest pop-up books can take us on a tour of the White House or remind us of the phobias we’d rather forget, but that’s nothing...

Is There Really a Global Shortage of Colored Pencils?

25 March, 201626 March, 2016Paper21 Comments

I don’t think anyone would argue that the recent high demand for adult coloring books had failed to cause a similar increase in colored pencils, but...

The Ikea Coloring Book Comes With an Allen Wrench, But No Assembly Instructions

22 January, 201623 January, 2016PaperLeave a comment

Adult coloring books were the breakout best-sellers last year, with even the BBC’s Doctor Who releasing one, and now Ikea is getting in on the fun. The Swedish...

Making a Book from Scratch is More Work Than You Think (video)

16 January, 201617 January, 2016Blast from the Past, PaperOne Comment

Johannes Gutenberg is widely credited with making books easier to produce and thus changing society by making ideas easier to share, but as you will learn from the...

The White House Pop-Up Book Takes You Inside the Executive Mansion

14 January, 201628 October, 2016Paper, Publishing2 Comments

Pop-up books can do everything from doubling as a camera or planetarium to giving you nightmares, and now there’s one that can take you on a...

The Doctor Who Coloring Book is Not Bigger on the Inside (video)

23 December, 201525 March, 2016Paper, Publishing2 Comments

Penguin Random House is capitalizing on the growing popularity of adult coloring books with the release of a Doctor Who coloring book. Due out next spring,...

This Book is a Camera (Literally)

6 December, 201528 October, 2016Blast from the Past, PaperOne Comment

Kelli Anderson is an artist who works in paper. She’s previously developed a pop-up book which turns your smartphone into a planetarium or a speaker. Her...

Disney’s Augmented Reality Coloring Books Brings Creations to Life (video)

4 October, 201515 May, 2016e-Reading Hardware, e-Reading Software, Paper2 Comments

When it comes to developing new book tech, few compare to Disney. Its researchers have developed several new ideas for interactive augmented reality, and they’re back again this week...

Open This Book and Unlock a Planetarium (video)

13 March, 201528 October, 2016Paper2 Comments

The wrong pop-up book can give you nightmares, but the right one can entertain and enlighten. A designer by the name of Kelli Andeson is working on a...