*Above image (printed by us!) is Chronicle Books‘ Change the World for Ten Bucks, buy your copy here!

In order to add a FSC logo to a book, every part of the book must use FSC materials.

For example:

A hardback book’s boards, case, ends, jacket, and text must all be FSC.

Kappa board is FSC certified
Wibalin is FSC certified

Lamination and finish usually doesn’t matter. So you can totally have an FSC certified book and then laminate every single page if you want!

To use any the FSC trademarks, you must obtain authorization:

+ the initials “FSC”
+ the name “Forest Stewardship Council”
+ the “checkmark-and-tree” logo

To learn more visit http://www.fsc.org/fsc-trademarks.html

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The winners for the 41st Annual Bookbuilders West book show…

Getty Publications won in several categories!

TRADE IMAGE DRIVEN
Brush & Shutter: Early Photography in China
Designer: Catherine Lorenz
Production Coordinator: Stacy Miyagawa
Editor: Lauren Edson

Photo credit: shop.getty.edu

REFERENCE AND SCHOLARLY BOOK
Modern Japanese Art and the Meiji State
Designer: Stuart Smith
Production Coordinator: Amita Molloy
Editor: Laura Santiago

Photo credit: shop.getty.edu

Congrats!

Printed by yours truly!

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Our UK office visited the NEC Spring Fair in Birmingham, West Mid-lands last week. The greetings and stationery halls were full of interesting exhibitors including our customer Leslie Gerry of Bees Hum Design showcasing his wonderful range of products (see pic!). Leslie creates distinctive and original graphic images and then transfers his designs to stationary and gift products for museums, heritage sites and galleries. His ranges include the Imperial War Museum, Southwold Pier, The Globe Theatre, Orient Express & Royal Academy of Scotland. We are delighted to produce these wonderful products including notebooks, pencil sets, notecards, pop-ups, bookmarks, journals and memo boxes!

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Wet Proof: Proof made on a proofing press using the plates, ink, and paper specified for the job. Also known as press proofs.

+ The color is more accurate for black and white, duotone, and 4-color black and white images or for PMS colors.

+ Wet proofs use the same paper type and weight as it will be used during manufacturing.

Digital Proof: Page proofs produced from computer to paper via laser or inkjet.

+ Translating Digital proofs to Printed sheets: digital proofs are warmer than wet proofs because of the nature of chemical ink–it is different from actual printing ink. The color tolerance between digital proofs against the press sheet is about 10% to 15%.

+Digital proofs are the fastest to output (it takes about thirty minutes to output eight pages of an A4 size).

Click here to read more about America’s National Design Competition.

Remote Controlled Book for BMW
Design Firm: Sagmeister Inc.
Art Director: Stefan Sagmeister
Designers: Karim Charlebois-Zariffa, Richard The, Joe Shouldice, Manuel Buerger, Stefan Sagmeister

Printed by yours truly!

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Pantone Chart

Thank you Dingbat Press!

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Happy New Year!

We have just finished this rather cool project for Ilex Press and wanted to share it with you!

This cool and kooky Retro collection from Ilex Press contains hundreds of rare and classic images across 6 different genres of the Golden Age of comics. These mini books (TPS 112 x 82mm with flaps)include classic covers, stories, tales, tips, adverts and stories – from Romance to Horror – there is something for everyone!  Each book also includes a neat fridge magnet fixed to the inside back cover(4×0 on 250gsm C1S art card + gloss lamination over 0.4mm isotropic rubber magnet + UV coating).

Books, magnets and counterpack all produced by yours truly!

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Click on the image above to learn more about different binding styles.

We had a project go from 6-1/4 x 8-1/4″ to 7 x 9″: the 6-1/4″ x  8-1/4″ size is able to be printed on a sheet that allows for 16pp on each side, but because the paper is too thick to bind in 32′s (book is printing on 128gsm matt), we would then cut the sheet in half and bind them in 16s.

The 7 x 9″ size is able to be printed on a sheet that allows for 8pp on each side, and this would also be bound in 16′s.

If the paper weight is below 100gsm, we’re able to bind in 32′s.  Anything over 100gsm must be bound in 16′s as it’s too thick for the sewing machine.

Binding 101,

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We submitted 6 titles last month for the annual NY Book Industry Guild’s Book show.

Five of the 6 we submitted won awards! Yay! They haven’t told us what each book won but we’re excited none the less.

Here’s the list of winners:

Lionheart – The Batman Files
Princeton Architectural Press – Paula Scher Maps
YesYesYes Design – American Odysseys
Chin Music Press – Shiro: Wit, Wisdom
Powerhouse – Vivian Meier

Congrats!

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We all enjoyed coming together for our annual sales conference in Washington, DC. It was a great meeting where we shared valuable information that should help make our processes even more effective.

There was time for fun with a delicious dinner at Ristorante Posto in Logan Circle.  We all recommend this spot to any DC visitors. http://www.postodc.com/

Now, it’s back to work!

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Did you know that the the lines running on a lenticular cover can be made to run horizontally or vertically? Normally, the lines run vertically. This means that you move your cover left to right to make the image move and when the lines run horizontally, the cover will need to be moved top to bottom to make the image.

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We are having our annual Sales Conference in D.C. and will be out of the office Thursday, December 1 and Friday, December 2. Do not worry, we will be checking email periodically throughout each day and will respond as soon as possible.

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Asia Pacific Offset se encargó de la producción de los artículos de papelería para la exposición de obras del Museo Hermitage en el Museo del Prado, Madrid.

El 8 de noviembre el Museo del Prado abre al público la exposición ‘El Hermitage en el Prado‘, que muestra a través de ciento veinte obras la variedad y riqueza de las colecciones del museo ruso. Se trata de la primera vez que se muestra fuera del Hermitage una selección tan importante y numerosa de sus obras. La exhibición podrá visitarse hasta el 26 de marzo de 2012.

El State Hermitage Museum de San Petersburgo es uno de los más grandes y espectaculares museos del mundo. Sus colecciones abarcan el Egipto de los faraones, las culturas siberianas, el mundo grecorromano y llegan hasta el arte renacentista, la escultura neoclásica, y la pintura de Matisse y Picasso.

(Asia Pacific Offset was in charge of the production of  the stationery items being used for the exhibition of works from Museo del Prado, Madrid.

On November 8, Museo Del Prado opened the exhibition “El Hermitage en el Prado“ to the public, showcasing 120 collection pieces from The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. This is the first time these pieces are shown outside The State Hermitage Museum, an important and large selection of his work. The exhibition will run until March 26, 2012.

The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is one of the largest and most spectacular museums. Its collections include the Ancient Egypt’s Pharaohs, Siberian culture, the Renaissance, neoclassical sculpture and paintings by Matisse and Picasso.)

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Our first project for the National Museum of The American Indian is this lovely puzzle book for kids. The backs of the puzzle pieces are color coded to match the facing page of the puzzle for easy reference.  There is a convenient thumb cut in the upper left corner of each puzzle for effortless removal of the pieces.

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Braxton & Cynthia from Galison went to Hong Kong/ China and had a great meeting with Raymond in our Phoenix Offices.  Then they all went to dinner and ate a delicious meal, including such delicacies as pig’s ears and duck’s tongue.  According to the picture, everyone had a great time!

Cheers,

Abby

Many clients have been asking about the availability of Kinmari FSC matt art paper following the Japanese tsunami earlier this year.  We are pleased to confirm that the manufacturing is almost back to normal and the mill is exporting for the Hong Kong market.  The lead time is as before, approx. 3 months and the closing date for paper indent is 15^th of the month.  The minimum tonnage is a full container which is about 18 metric tons.  Unfortunately Kinmari is not generally available on the local market and so it is not an option for smaller projects (sorry!) – this also means we are unable to ‘top up’ paper orders or replenish smaller quantities.  Please also note that it is slightly more expensive than other matt art papers; for example it is 3-5% more expensive than Chinese Gold East matt art which has PEFC certification.

* Asia Pacific uses the finest grades of coated papers and binder boards. We have stock available in Hong Kong and also order direct from paper mills for more unusual trim sizes and high-quantity print runs. All of the text paper that Asia Pacific uses is acid-free and ph neutral. Recycled, FSC and PEFC certified papers are also available but are more expensive and minimum quantities may apply.

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FSC Certificate : SGS-COC-003533
PEFC Certificate : SGS-PEFC/COC-0802

Nuestro cliente Libros del Zorro Rojo (Barcelona) ha ganado el premio Nacional a la Mejor Labor Editorial Cultural del 2011. El premio distingue la labor editorial destacada por su aportación sobresaliente e innovadora a la vida cultural española durante 2010. Tal como dice el periódico El País “el galardón para el sello Libros del Zorro Rojo es también el reconocimiento a un género que vive en España su particular esplendor: el libro ilustrado. Desde su fundación en 2004, el sello barcelonés ha puesto imagen a textos -para niños y adultos- de clásicos históricos y contemporáneos como Franz Kafka, Edgar A. Poe, Oscar Wilde, Alejandra Pizarnik, Juan Gelman o Ricardo Piglia”.

(One of our own Libros del Zorro Rojo [Spanish client] has won a national award for best work within cultural publishing. The award recognizes the contribution of outstanding and innovative editorial work of Spanish cultural life in 2010!)

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Imaginarium’s Bon Voyage chalkboard book consists of 5 spreads, board book binding, 4- color printing throughout, a glossy laminated cover, which comes with an eraser and chalk pieces.

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In the Loupe TV covering Chin Music Press‘ Hurricane Story written and photographed by Jennifer Shaw.

Hurricane Story was printed 4-color on an e-smooth cloth over a board, which really gives the book a unique look. The interior is also printed 4-color on uncoated paper.

We highly suggest picking up a copy, the Holga Camera that was used to photograph has a very interesting look.

Congrats to Chin Music Press and Jennifer Shaw.

Printed by yours truly,

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The hardback, 136 paged (printed by us) book was selected for Fine Books & Collections magazine’s fall gift guide.

Order a copy!

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A recipe book completed with 9 colorful silicon molds to prepare the best sweet and savory muffins. The whole set is packed in a silkscreened frosted PP box, with special compartments for keeping the molds from moving.

Get creative, we’re up for a challenge!

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The Printing Spectrum

Note These Statistics:

- It is estimated that the human eye can see BILLIONS of colors.
- A computer monitor can display 16 MILLION colors.
- Photographic film can capture approximately 15 THOUSAND colors.
- A printing press can accurately represent about 5 THOUSAND colors.

The color reproduction process is designed to trick the human eye into thinking it is seeing more colors than are really there. Although skilled technicians and the latest printing technology is utilized in this process, it is physically impossible to match the colors of a transparency in proofing and the final printed product.

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An average quotation for a book project takes 24 to 48 hours to prepare. Please contact your Sales Representative and provide the following information:

The title of your project
Quantities you wish to have quoted
Trim size and orientation (portrait or landscape)
Binding (see Binding Styles)
Materials
- Text paper (see Paper and Board in Hong Kong)
- Endsheet paper
- Case materials (cloth, printed laminated cover, imitation cloth)
- Cover paper (if softcover)
- Dust jacket paper

Colors (number of colors to be printed on each part of the project)
Images for reproduction (number, size, and type of each image to be reproduced)
Shipping information
Schedule requirements
Any special production or packaging requirement

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Contact one of your local sales representatives and ask them about kickstarting your project with a sample dummy. We have many  samples for you to review in order to help you get started!

We look forward to hearing from you…

All the best,

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Have you visited our project portfolio section recently? We’ve just updated it with loads of new photos of our favorites from this production season!

Elizabeth will be attending ComiCon in San Diego again this year (July 22 – 23)! If you are planning on going yourself, drop her a line so you can meet up!