Package Madness
Oh, the glamorous life of an editor and publisher! The long three-martini lunches! The gala events in glittering penthouses! The hours upon hours spent hunched over a table packing and…
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February 14, 2012
More on digital printing and short-run
Remember what I said about digital printing and short-run printing? Yeah, guess what? It's not just the little presses making use of it. You may have heard of a little…
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November 11, 2011
On short-run printing
This is something that's come up a few times in different contexts lately, and I thought I'd tackle the subject to clear up some misconceptions. Printing. Yes, it still happens.…
October 25, 2011
A note to the pessimists
Lifted from a response I left on Cat Valente's blog, regarding the "sky is falling" attitude around publishing right now, and how publishing is collapsing, etc etc woe is us:…
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July 22, 2011
Spread the word, win neat stuff!
I just sent out a massive stack of ARCs for the print edition of Erekos by A.M. Tuomala at lunch today. The final book is going to be GORGEOUS, lemme…
June 8, 2011
Erekos in Print!
We know you're as excited as we are about the upcoming print release of Erekos by A.M. Tuomala. September is a long, long time away, though, and so we…
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June 3, 2011
Once more, with feeling
Got the first proof of the Erekos ARC yesterday and it looks pretty good. There were still a few issues, though, mostly relating to the baseline grid, the gutters, and…
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May 24, 2011
Big News
Big news. Big, big news. First, a remembrance: On April 21, 1910, one of my personal heroes died. Mark Twain, née Samuel Clemens, had an undeniable effect on the world…
April 21, 2011
Gimmicks, tiers, and so much more
I have to admit, I'm quite looking forward to Jonathan Safran Foer's experimental book. This article does a great job of talking about why he did it, and what he…
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November 23, 2010
Thoughts on Format and Design
As I've been typesetting Erekos for the last two weeks, I've been musing about formatting. Print is a beautiful thing. It lets you set exactly how you want a reader…
August 19, 2010
