How to design your book for Walsworth’s binding process
Preparing a book, catalog or magazine for printing is a detailed process. Walsworth offers many options for binding your publication, but each has its individual design requirements. Whether you choose hard cover Smyth Sewn, soft cover Perfect Bound, Mechanical Bound or Saddle Stitch, we want to help you be successful with the binding option that’s […]
FAQs for Walsworth’s Customer Service Department in Michigan
Walsworth’s Customer Service Department serves a vital role in ensuring good customer experience. “We’re the liaison between the customer and the manufacturing plant,” said Jake Pschigoda. He oversees the Customer Service Department at Walsworth’s Saint Joseph, Michigan facility, which is primarily focused on magazine and catalog manufacturing. They receive orders from customers and enter jobs […]
Saint Joseph team achieves G7 Master Qualification
Walsworth is proud to announce G7 Master Qualification at yet another of its facilities. The team in Saint Joseph, Michigan, achieved the status after thorough testing and inspection. The certificate is awarded by Idealliance, a not-for-profit industry group. This color calibration method allows printers to repeat color quality across devices. Employees at the Saint Joseph […]
Got print project questions? We’ve got answers!
Walsworth is constantly striving to exceed the needs of our customers. There are some questions our Customer Service Representatives see more than others. We’ve answered them here, so you don’t have to ask when planning your next print project. How should margins be set up? The designer of a book has many choices for the […]
Creating a Successful RFP: A Guide for Associations
Creating a clear and solid Request for Proposal (RFP) sets the foundation for a successful printing project. When it comes time to solicit bids, there are several steps you can take to ensure potential vendors understand what you want. This will save everyone time and effort. You don’t want to waste their time, and you […]
Create a successful print project with Walsworth’s new ebook
Printing projects can be complicated. Many steps follow the moment an idea is first conceived. Every piece requires meticulous review. Walsworth created Keys to a Successful Print Project to help you through the process. As Customer Service and Pre-press Manager Julie Huffmon said, the true key is “Planning, planning, planning!” The beginningAt the start of […]
First steps toward a successful printing project
The key to a successful print project: “Planning, planning, planning!” said Walsworth Customer Service and Pre-press Manager Julie Huffmon. Taking care at every stage will help ensure the best final product for your company – and will avoid any potentially costly mistakes. The beginning steps are key. Getting started Create a checklist. Everyone makes mistakes […]
Create an Amazing Book or Magazine with Walsworth’s Unique Print Capabilities
It’s nice to have options. And with the multitude of possibilities available at Walsworth’s printing facilities, your publication can really stand out on the shelf. Books David Sevits is quality, warehouse and shipping manager at Walsworth’s Printing and Bindery Facility in Marceline, Missouri. He has been quality manager for most of his time at Walsworth […]
Readers DO Judge a Book by its Cover
You’ve probably opened a beautiful-looking book only to be disappointed by its content. I know that I have. And, that’s why we’re warned, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” But, let’s face it: Readers DO judge books by their covers. In fact, it’s often the first impression created by a cover that determines […]
Gentle, Not Boring: How One Publisher Is Carving A Niche For Pleasant Reads
While many books, television shows and movies are violent, scary or leave nothing to the imagination, one writer has opened her own publishing house to bring readers gentle but not boring books. Anne Brandt, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, started Spectacled Bear Publishing this year, and its first book, Philip & Phoebe has come off the […]
