Finishing - Conventional

The Dealer's Dilemma
July 10, 2017 at 9:40 am

The overall shrinkage of the print market has challenged dealers like never before. A smaller potential customer base forces them to diversify their product lines further, and to try to enter new potential markets. This is far from easy, as (successfully) entering a new market — especially against existing competitors — takes lots of time and money. And this also works against new suppliers trying to enter the U.S. market.

Salute to the Bookbinding Conservators of History
June 26, 2017 at 10:47 am

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the great libraries in Italy, France, The British Library and others, hold the world’s great historical treasures in printed form. And their continued viability is due to the little-known daily work of these bookbinding and preservation artists.