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  • 1.  Publishing Books, Need Printer

    Posted 01-21-2016 09:37 AM

    We are exploring the pricing for publication of 4 planned books of photography from our collection. We plan an order of 125 of each of the 4 books.  This is a smaller print run, so we are looking for advice on reputable book printers that can complete this professionally. We'd like a hard cover book in 6" x 9". Has anyone been through this that is familiar with a good printer we should look at? So far we have lulu.com and bookbaby.com on our "check it out" list. 

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    Jillian Becquet
    Collections Manager & Registrar
    Corpus Christi Museum of Science & History
    Corpus Christi TX
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  • 2.  RE: Publishing Books, Need Printer

    Posted 01-22-2016 09:49 AM

    We publish catalogs for each of our traveling art quilt exhibitions (16 exhibitions this year), as well as two magazines and an annual Portfolio.  We've used Kirin Coburn of Coburn Printing Ink <kirin@coburnprinting.com> to source printers in Hong Kong for larger jobs and Mike Daniels <publishercoach@gmail.com> to find us the right printer for small print runs done in the US.

    We will be using Walsh Media Solutions - contact Peter Walsh <peter@walshmediasolutions.com><peter@walshmediasolutions.com> for a 250 copy print run of our catalog for "Stories of Migration" which will be opening at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, in April.  They might be a good solution for you.

    Please give me a call if you would like more detailed information (860-487-4199).

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    Martha Sielman
    Executive Director
    http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?cat=8

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  • 3.  RE: Publishing Books, Need Printer

    Posted 01-22-2016 10:27 AM

    We have had good experiences with O'Neil printing in Phoenix, AZ. Our photography department has also used them for printing books.

    http://www.oneilprint.com/

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    Julie Wilson Frick
    Program Coordinator / Jr. Scho
    Denver Art Museum
    Denver CO

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  • 4.  RE: Publishing Books, Need Printer

    Posted 01-22-2016 11:45 AM

    We are looking at a digital printer called Edition One Books (editiononebooks.com) in Berkeley for an upcoming small-run symposium volume. We haven't worked with them yet, but their samples look good. However, our book is not as photo-dependent as the ones you describe.

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    Laura Caruso
    Director of Publications
    Denver Art Museum
    Denver CO
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  • 5.  RE: Publishing Books, Need Printer

    Posted 01-22-2016 02:00 PM

    You might take a look at Timber Press here in the Pacific NW.  They do quality work.

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    David Porter
    Executive Director
    Leach Botanical Garden
    Portland OR

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  • 6.  RE: Publishing Books, Need Printer

    Posted 01-26-2016 12:35 PM

    Hi! My company Osprey Custom Publishing does excellent editing, design, layout, printing and distribution work. In fact, all the work is done by the same team that works on our own books. That makes our prices very competitive and reasonable since we can leverage our efficiencies of scale. 

    Sorry for the hardsell but feel free to check us out at ospreycustompublishing.com. If this is something that would fit your project feel free to reach out to me at christian.waters@bloomsbury.com or 631-525-7316. 

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    Christian Waters
    Director, Business Development
    Osprey Publishing
    New York NY

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  • 7.  RE: Publishing Books, Need Printer

    Posted 01-29-2016 10:44 AM

    If you have your layout done, IngramSpark might be worth a look. I have used them for smaller runs of photography/art books and would use them again. 

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    Jessica Rockeman
    New Media Specialist
    State Historical Society of North Dakota
    Bismarck ND

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  • 8.  RE: Publishing Books, Need Printer

    Posted 01-29-2016 12:01 PM

    These guys have been doing museum quality publications for years. Lucia|Marquand

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    Monica Miller
    Executive Director
    Gallery One Visual Arts Center
    Ellensburg WA

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