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Publishers, Booksellers Keeping Close Tabs on Holiday Book Availability
A paper crunch and cuts in printing capacity are keeping publishers on alert to ensure that they will be able to meet orders for the holiday season's most popular titles.
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Lightning Source Turns 20
In 1998, Lightning Source printed its first book in LaVergne, Tenn. Twenty years later—in addition to its LaVergne location—Lightning Source has three other plants, and continues to grow overseas.
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Spotlight on MPS
In a period of continued growth, MPS has developed unique platform solutions and content services to suit publishing clients of different sizes and segments. (Sponsored)
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Tariffs on Canadian Paper Products Dumped
In a dramatic turnaround, the U.S. International Trade Commission has reversed a Trump administration decision to impose heavy tariffs on paper products imported into the U.S from Canada.
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Printing in Hong Kong & China 2018
In this 32nd annual coverage on the print manufacturing industry in Hong Kong and China, seven major export printers mull over the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute and potential fallout on the industry, and share their observation on the rising paper prices and its causes.
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Checking on the Printing Business in Hong Kong & China
Export printers look beyond the escalating trade dispute between China and the U.S. and changes in paper pricing to diversify, grow, and prosper.
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Going Beyond Protecting the Print Book
The counterfeiting of textbooks has been the bane of many educational publishers.
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A Sampler of Outstanding Projects
It used to be that fantastic (and often abstract) ideas that gave print manufacturers indigestion and nightmares would originate from the publisher or designer.
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Unique Thermochromic Ink Application in 'Penguin Frozen Book'
Thermochromic (or thermochromatic) printing is not new. Using inks that change color with heat, from colorless to colored, or vice versa, is fun, interesting, and appealing. Naturally, such application is popular in packaging and commercial printing.
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Black Light Printing in "Find Monsters"
Black light (or ultraviolet-reactive) printing, while not new, is usually done on inkjet printers with its application often limited to posters or high-end brochures.
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