Publishing
Moving images in 433 magazine
433 Magazine is published 5 times per football season. The printed magazine about football in the Haarlemmermeer is free and is distributed via football clubs and local Bruna and Hema shops. The magazine was started in 2013 by Marnix Bakker of MWorksmedia and seems to hit the right note. It is now being enriched with…
Lees meerDocker: building cloud apps for any OS
Building and distributing apps can be done in many ways, but if, like Yelp, Ebay and Spotify, you want an app which works with any system and is distributed via the cloud to registered users Docker is one of the best solutions. Docker apps do not need an operating system, are very compact and easy…
Lees meerPaper Peepshows: an 18th century method to give books a third dimension
In the middle of the 18th century Martin Engelbrecht from Augsburg invented a way to bring drawings to life using a certain kind of perspective. He used a special cabinet with lenses and mirrors. More than half a century later printers in Vienna, London and Paris invented a similar effect with what we would now…
Lees meerDutch Catalogue of trade fair gets circulation 15,000
All visitors of the Graphics Trade show and trade fair Sign will receive a catalogue at the entrance. The A5 booklet with a circulation of 15,000 pieces will be the Print Edition with the largest reach in the Dutch printing industry produced this year. The catalogue is being read by man and is considered a…
Lees meerHistory of the Linotype Company and the History of Phototypesetting Era: two special books by Frank Romano
If you would like to surprise a colleague or yourself with a special gift have a look at the two books by Frank Romano. Retired professor of R.I.T. and print expert Romano shares in these two books not only a lot of reading pleasure but a wealth of information about how our profession embarked on…
Lees meerBlokboek.com succes in 57 countries
Since the introduction of the English version of Blokboek.com last November, we are being read in 57 countries. From Jamaica to China readers know how to find our information for creative communicators. The Netherlands still has the most readers, but the USA, Israel, France and Spain are catching up fast. We are delighted with this as well…
Lees meerStatista: Digital media use surpasses TV use
Last year for the first time American digital media were used more than TV. Adults used digital media for 4:40 hours and TV for ´only´ 4:31 hours. Statista´s graphics show that digital media make up for the loss which newspapers and magazines suffered. It seems an unstoppable trend which will get another push with smart…
Lees meerDigital Book World 2015: the future of the digital book, according to experts
The yearly Digital Book World conference will beheld in New York between 13 and 15 January. Experts shine their light on the future of the digital book and the expo shows an overview of technology trends and practical solutions for hybrid publications. Core themes are the decrease in growth in the digital book market, smart…
Lees meerRecord number of new magazine titles in the USA
A record number of new magazine titles were brought to market in the US in 2014, a whopping 855. According to the nypost.combased on figures of the Magazine Innovation Center which works together with the University of Mississippi. Most of the 234 new magazines will be published at least once every quarter, a growth of 21%…
Lees meerThe flexibility of paper as a means of communication
Thanks to YouTube, the ultimate form of digital communication, you can see what creative minds can do with paper. A Chinese artist, forced by lack of money to use paper, constructed a female head which is a perfect example of the flexibility of paper. Watch the video on the Blokboek.com Video Page.
Lees meerSleep better with a real book
Reading a book on a tablet or e-reader before bedtime disrupts your sleep. Harvard researchers found that the screen´s blue light negatively influences the secretion of melatonin and disrupts sleep patterns. A two week study where participants read a real book for five consecutive nights followed by reading on the iPad (or vice versa) confirmed…
Lees meerThad McIlroy: 11 Trends in digital publishing
Thad McIlroy, an industry veteran known from Seybold and What They Think, has made a list of 11 trends in Digital Publishing for Digital Book World. Subjects ranging from practical stuff such as the need to combine digital techniques with big data and analytics, to changing business models, and real trends such as self publishing…
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