Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
On Tuesday, the announcement of the new Kodak Creative Network came across my computer screen. It wasn't the name that caught my attention, it was the headline: Kodak Launches Online Printing Service ... Kodak is launching a printing service? A closer examination - and phone call to Jeff Hayzlett, ...Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Forget the mouse, forget the computer - it's just you and the screen - an 8 foot by 3 foot screen. I fell in love with the new iPhone - and I'd love to have one - BUT I'd really like a wall-size touch screen like the one at New ...Monday, March 12th, 2007
For someone who reads SEC filings for fun, the February 2 Schedule 14a (proxy statement) filed by Cadmus Communications Corp. was particularly interesting. The best part of filings like this is the "Background of the Merger" where we - the public - get to peak behind closed doors to find ...Sunday, March 11th, 2007
It may sound a bit like a matchup from the card of a WWE event, but it actually was the title of more elevated clash between two print media experts at the Publishing Executive/Book Business conference and expo in New York City last week. BoSacks is Bob Sacks (www.bosacks.com), the iconoclastic ...Friday, March 9th, 2007
In the March 7th issue of the Seattle Post Intelligencer (the PI to those of us who live in Seattle), Cecelia Goodnow's article "Teens buying books at fastest rate in decades" gave new hope that the book publishing is on its way up again. Encouraging piece... And remember, Harry Potter #7 ...Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Shades of the dot com run-up! I haven't heard such great marketing-speak since the spring of 2000! The folks at X-rite have out lingo-ed the best of them... Yesterday, the Michigan-based company announced their Q4 and year end results for 2006. X-rite appears to show improvement pretty much across the board ...Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
There has been quite a bit of discussion about Pat Henry's Post "An Open Letter and A Clarion Call for Education". Adam at Printmode has a post up with some very good commentary, ending with: The real question Kroll should be asking is how do we educate the next generation ...Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
January 2007 was a good month for commercial printing shipments, up $343 million on a current dollar basis compared to January 2006. December shipments were revised up by yet another $12 million. This represents nine consecutive months of positive comparisons to the prior year. Current dollar shipments were up +4.9%. On ...Monday, March 5th, 2007
Of all the compelling reading in the new 2007 PIA/GATF Forecast: Technology, Trends, Tactics, nothing is more urgent than the essay titled, "Whose Job Is Training? An Open Letter the Graphic Arts Community." The author, Larry Kroll, vice president of print media relations for Heidelberg USA, warns that the industry ...
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