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Authorship as a Spectator Sport

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

In a marketing ploy to promote London's Heathrow Airport, author Alain de Botton is writing a new book “A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary,” in real time. Here's what The New York Times had to say about it: TRAVELERS passing through London's Heathrow Airport this week may be surprised to ...

New Twist on Mobile Printing: Ford Trucks Come With On-Board Printer

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Confirmation that print is not dead! It's just on wheels... Now we have even more ways to be distracted while driving! Ford is adding in-dash computers to its trucks - Internet connection, word processing, spreadsheets, a PDF reader, and even an in-truck printer. Click on the image below to view the video ...

The Daily News Will Spend $200 Million on NEW Presses

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Is Mort Zuckerman whistling past the graveyard or is he taking a gamble that will pay off? Today Forbes.com published an interview with Zuckerman, chair and co-founder Boston Properties, editor in chief of U.S. News and World Report, and publisher of the Daily News. Clearly he believes that newspapers - ...

Trades in Trouble

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Within a week of each other, two major publishers of trade magazines and directories in the graphic arts and publishing markets reported major changes or restructuring. Yesterday, August 3, Cygnus Business Media announced it is restructuring under Chapter 11 protection. Just a week ago, July 30, Reed Elsevier announced that ...

Friday Morning Fun – What’s Wrong with This Picture?

Friday, July 17th, 2009

There are some colors that are just perfect! A deeply colored flower... a beautiful bird feather...  the color of your baby's neck... Haven't we all wished that we could just find a way to select that color and use it in a design project?

Sorry, Paul Simon, no more KODACHROME

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Kodak is retiring KODACHROME Color Film, the "first commercially successful color film" according to the company announcement. Launched in 1935, it had a good run for 74 years. In its press release, Kodak notes: Among the well-known professional photographers who used KODACHROME Film is Steve McCurry, whose picture of a young ...

The EPI Companies, Sadly Closed for Business

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

On April 15, 2009, the EPI Companies closed their doors after 40 years of business in Marietta, Georgia, not far from Atlanta. Founded in 1969 as Executive Printing by the late William F. Woods, Sr., the company reached a peak of $53.5 million in annual sales with a staff of 275 ...