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Thomas Campbell

Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.80
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 9.60
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Total Questions 23
 I can provide answers regarding book production planning through the complete production process and channels for selling and marketing books.

Diane Mendez

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.50
  • Clarity of Response 9.67
  • Timeliness 9.67
  • Politeness 9.83
  • Total Questions 67
 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 Loewen

Canada
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  • Knowledgeability 10.0
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 10.0
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Total Questions 11
 Paper physics, dimensional stability, curl, colour registration, stack-lean, slack & baggy edges

Gail Stiffe

Australia
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.94
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 9.91
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Total Questions 125
 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 Evans

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.88
  • Clarity of Response 9.79
  • Timeliness 9.96
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Total Questions 273
 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 Rouze

U.S.
On Vacation
returns 11/30/2009
  • Knowledgeability 10.0
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 9.93
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Total Questions 60
 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.

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2009-11-02 instructional materials on what I need to get started on book printing and binding:

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

2009-10-15 printing press information:

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

2009-09-29 bookbinding and dimensional stability:

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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