Blurb has been acquired by Reischling Press: Reischling Press, Inc. (RPI), a pioneer in the personalized print services market, has acquired Blurb, an industry-leading e-commerce platform of print-on-demand books, magazines,...Continue reading
Category: Paper
RGB, CMYK, and Why Your Printed Handout Has Different Colors From the Digital Source
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 digital source? No? Then...Continue reading
Book Printer File For Bankruptcy, Stiffs Customers on Outstanding Orders
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 we announce that Edwards...Continue reading
Between the Folds of a Pop-Up Book (video)
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 making one? Earlier this...Continue reading
Pop-Up Book Lets You Animate Its Illustrations With A Vintage Technique (video)
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 which uses vintage pre-cinema...Continue reading
JA Konrath Releases Trio of Adult Coloring Books
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 this week author Joe...Continue reading
TV Room “Wallpapered” Top to Bottom in Books
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 Imgur user Deece27 has...Continue reading
1985 Pop-Up Book Takes Us Inside the PC (video)
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 compared to what has...Continue reading
Is There Really a Global Shortage of Colored Pencils?
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 is there any truth...Continue reading
The Ikea Coloring Book Comes With an Allen Wrench, But No Assembly Instructions
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 retailer has made a...Continue reading
Making a Book from Scratch is More Work Than You Think (video)
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 following videos Gutenberg merely...Continue reading
The Doctor Who Coloring Book is Not Bigger on the Inside (video)
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, the book features the...Continue reading
This Book is a Camera (Literally)
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 other projects include a...Continue reading
Disney’s Augmented Reality Coloring Books Brings Creations to Life (video)
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 with a new take...Continue reading
Open This Book and Unlock a Planetarium (video)
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 pop-up book which pushes...Continue reading