The BookMasters Group

Bookmasters has expanded its book manufacturing with the addition of an Océ VarioPrint i300, ColorStream 3900, and VarioPrint 6320’s.

Baker & Taylor and Bookmasters have entered into an international partnership with Printondemand-worldwide (PODW).

Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ January 2015 edition, including Printing Industries of America, Carter Printing & Graphics, Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Institute, Bookmasters and Velocity Print Solutions.

Bookmasters has signed agreements with six publishers to distribute their titles in the United States and abroad. The publishers include Centum Books, Bancroft Press, Flame Tree Publishers, the Christian Board of Publication/Chalice Press, Somersault Group and Generations with Vision.

Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ October 2014 edition, including Printing Industries Alliance, Hopkins Printing, Bookmasters, National Graphics (NGI), Dynamic Drinkware, Intelligencer and WebbMason.

Bookmasters will begin distributing more than 140 of h.f.ullmann’s English-language titles on July 1, 2014, with an anticipated 15 to 20 additional new publications each year. h.f.ullmann's titles cover a range of subjects, including architecture, art history, cars, design, drawing, fashion, fine arts, food and drink, medicine, music, paper craft, science, and spirituality.

Gary Koesters has been tapped as the new vice president of manufacturing and distribution of Bookmasters. In his new capacity, Koesters will work closely with Ken Fultz, general manager, to implement operational improvements to Bookmasters’ book manufacturing and book distribution operations.

Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ January 2014 edition, featuring CCG Marketing Solutions, Universal Wilde, Copy Craft Printers, Bookmasters, GLS Cos.,

Ken Fultz has been tapped as the new general manager of Bookmasters, a leading provider of a full range of publisher services in Ashland, OH. Fultz comes to Bookmasters from Thomson-Shore, where he served as vice president of operations.

Major distributor Baker & Taylor will offer publisher services to its customers via a new strategic partnership with Bookmasters, the company announced on July 10.

Baker & Taylor will offer its customers access to all of Bookmasters’ services, including  print-on-demand and short-run digital printing, offset printing and binding in a range of formats, content and editorial services, ebook conversion and distribution, publisher distribution services and third-party fulfillment, and book sales and marketing services.

The move comes as private equity firm Castle Harlan acquired Bookmasters; that purchase was also announced yesterday. Castle Harlan had previously acquired Baker & Taylor in July 2006 for