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Thomas CampbellAvailable
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I can provide answers regarding book production planning through the complete production process and channels for selling and marketing books. | |
Diane MendezU.S.
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Expert knowledge of both printing and publishing specifications. Familiar with the printing process from order taking to bindery. Extensive experience with self-publishing from creating manuscript to publishing/printing. Skilled in QuarkExpress, InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, MS Office and several minor applications. | |
Stuart LoewenCanada
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Paper physics, dimensional stability, curl, colour registration, stack-lean, slack & baggy edges | |
Gail StiffeAustralia
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I have been making handmadepaper for over 15 years and teaching adults and children for the last 10 years. I can answer most questions about papermaking and many about bookbinding. The books I make from handmade paper and are usually simple bindings with paper covers. | |
Rupert EvansU.S.
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printing and binding books. I wrote a book on this subject in 1995 (it is still in print) and am in the process of writing another. I use a scanner, Hewlett-Packard model 8100 laser printer, Xerox copier, etc to print books (and other items), and do most of the binding with adhesives (cold and hot), rather than sewing. | |
Tom RouzeU.S.
On Vacation
returns 11/30/2009 |
I can answer questions about printing- offset, flexo, hot-stamp. I can give you direction in the proper way to set up electronic files-prepress and production art. I can give you help with package design and label design. I can assist you with solving interdepartmental problems. |
The equipment required for binding large quantities of books is expensive. A binding line which can produce several hundred hard-back books per hour can easily cost over a million dollars. However, one
Hi Khurram: Because I don't know much about business in your country, my answers might not apply. 1. Yes, a person without a printing background can do well in that business, as long as he has a network
Hello Li; A few times before, I have seen where the non-bonded free edge side opposite the binding develops waves, in some cases the pages are "cupped" with an in-plane curl of sections of the book
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