Bookmobile offers superb quality, innumerable book printing and production options, and affordability for art book printing. Join our current client list of museums, galleries, and artists, and have your book handcrafted with a level of care that matches your own. At Bookmobile, we appreciate the care, time, and effort that book publishers invest in their titles, and we devote the same high degree of care and attention to printing.
We print books right and keep them on schedule, offering the perfect balance between technical innovation and traditional book-printing values. Our prices are competitive and our service is second to none. Get started with a quote! We'll get back to you within one business day or sooner. Get more details about digital book printing and Browse our Gallery for inspiration and to see some of the options you can choose from.
We print books right and keep them on schedule, offering the perfect balance between technical innovation and traditional book-printing values. Our prices are competitive and our service is second to none. Get started with a quote! We'll get back to you within one business day or sooner. Get more details about digital book printing and Browse our Gallery for inspiration and to see some of the options you can choose from.
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We offer our publishers online management tools that make working with Bookmobile convenient and easy. Don't know where to start? The page has a 1/8 bleed beyond the trim size on all four sides to accommodate images and/or graphics that extend to the edge of the page. For black and white printing, color images in the interior have been converted to black ink only.
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bookmobile provides book printing, graphic design, and other resources to support book publishers in an ever-changing environment. Superior quality, excellent customer service, flexibility, and timely turnarounds have attracted over 1,100 satisfied clients to Bookmobile, including trade houses, university presses, independent publishers, museums, galleries, artists, and more.
We will print your books right and keep them on schedule. At Bookmobile, we offer the perfect balance between technical innovation and traditional book-printing values. Our book printing prices are competitive and our service is second to none.
Unlike other short-run digital book printers, Bookmobile is the only short-run digital book printer that provides a wide range of flexible trim sizes, color inserts, foil stamping on paperback covers, debossing, embossing, translucent vellum dust jackets or inserts, end sheets for paperbacks, French flaps, and more.See our Gallery for a sampling of the incredible variety we offer.
Unlike other short-run digital book printers, Bookmobile is the only short-run digital book printer that provides a wide range of flexible trim sizes, color inserts, foil stamping on paperback covers, debossing, embossing, translucent vellum dust jackets or inserts, end sheets for paperbacks, French flaps, and more.See our Gallery for a sampling of the incredible variety we offer.
Reviews (22)
Golsa S.
Oct 13, 2021
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One star is even too much!
The colors are off, the debossing barely shows, and they messed up my prints, made a decision on their own to merge my second draft and first draft which was clearly disapproved by me. Sean handled the project, went on vacation and gave it to devine who had no idea about our issues, and single handedly ruined it.
The owner Don was the most unprofessional of all, he said in an email "printers can make mistakes" but did nothing to fix the issue.
Waste of money and time!
We are an architecture firm, and design million $ mansions, mostly in Los Angeles area.
The colors are off, the debossing barely shows, and they messed up my prints, made a decision on their own to merge my second draft and first draft which was clearly disapproved by me. Sean handled the project, went on vacation and gave it to devine who had no idea about our issues, and single handedly ruined it.
The owner Don was the most unprofessional of all, he said in an email "printers can make mistakes" but did nothing to fix the issue.
Waste of money and time!
We are an architecture firm, and design million $ mansions, mostly in Los Angeles area.
Cheryl Aden
Sep 01, 2021
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I’m so very pleased with my book, “Apples & Oranges … A Photographic Essay,” printed by Bookmobile and now in distribution with Itasca Books. Everyone I dealt with was very professional – always helpful in answering questions and guiding me along in the process. And the book is beautiful – I’m really happy with the quality. The color images pop off the page – all look wonderful. Thank you to Nicole & Julie & the whole team! I’ll definitely come back to you for my next book!
Mark M.
Aug 30, 2021
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Bookmobile recently completed a project for me - a small run of hard-cover, case-wrapped photo books - and I couldn't be happier. Nicole and Julie took good care of me through several quote changes and revisions after proofing. All communication was prompt, clear, professional and friendly. They even adjusted my shipping date to better accommodate my schedule. The books look great, and they took great care in packing them for shipping. All in all a great experience!
Alya De
Aug 18, 2021
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Bookmobile took great care of my book, and the result is gorgeous!
I was looking for a printer for my debut children’s book, and my main concern was quality: I wanted it to be in hardcover with endsheets and printed on 100 lb paper stock. I’ve spent quite some time trying to find a printer who would offer all these options, and finally came across Bookmobile. They guided me through the process, answered all my questions, and explained how to export files for printing. Everyone I’ve talked with was friendly, polite, and genuinely interested in helping me to make the best of my project. I
I was looking for a printer for my debut children’s book, and my main concern was quality: I wanted it to be in hardcover with endsheets and printed on 100 lb paper stock. I’ve spent quite some time trying to find a printer who would offer all these options, and finally came across Bookmobile. They guided me through the process, answered all my questions, and explained how to export files for printing. Everyone I’ve talked with was friendly, polite, and genuinely interested in helping me to make the best of my project. I
Julien Pfitzinger
Apr 29, 2021
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Gretchen C.
Feb 03, 2021
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Can't rave enough about this company! Hats off to Sean and the whole team for doing such a fantastic job printing our book. Superb job, well executed, and reasonably priced. What made the experience even better was how Sean helped me every step of the way, explained what the process was, and answered a plethora of really basic questions. If you need a book printed, whether just a few copies or a good sized number, contact Bookmobile. My vote for this company is five well deserved stars!
Donald F. Rubovits
Dec 11, 2020
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The books are beautiful. The quality of the images is amazing. The workmanship on the cover, the endsheets, the binding, even the packing for shipment ... perfect. And overcoming with Julie's help a couple of pre-production issues ... easy. Furthermore, the reactions of those receiving copies is without exception, "Wow!".
Donna Marie Decker
Sep 04, 2020
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It was a pleasure to work with Nicole and Julie at Bookmobile. They were professional, efficient, and personable. They worked with me until my book was what I wanted. It felt good to deal with folks who are committed to doing a great job with good cheer. (Particularly during this time of the Pandemic.) My book was delivered earlier than originally expected and it looks beautiful. Thank you, Julie and Nicole, and the team at Book Mobile.
Brandon Langley
Dec 31, 2019
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Bookmobile is genuinely one of the best companies that I’ve ever worked with. This was my first time working in book creation, so I had many questions regarding different options for binding-materials, paper-stocks, foil-stamping, die-creation, etc. I tested out most of the popular POD services using their stock options for a single book print, but… the quality was always lacking. I wanted to customize many of the details for a higher quality design.
Their customer service representatives are among the most helpful and honest that I’ve encountered. They quickly and thoroughly
Their customer service representatives are among the most helpful and honest that I’ve encountered. They quickly and thoroughly
Cayce Howe
Dec 27, 2019
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Jill Krutick
Dec 21, 2019
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Bookmobile is the best book publisher I have ever worked with! High quality, professional, efficient and consistent. In the past year I have had two solo museum exhibitions and I wanted to commemorate this milestone with hard cover books including essays, installation photos and plates of the paintings. Of course step one is to get a top notch book… designer -- Dan Ellis -- is the man! The next step is finding a book publisher that can capture the color and quality a fine artist aspires to show. Bookmobile does this in spades. I never like to write reviews, but in this case it was absolutely
Monisha Vasa
Dec 20, 2019
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Zara Hairston
Oct 22, 2019
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Alexander Bullett
Jun 06, 2019
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Deborah V.
Jun 19, 2018
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BookMobile designed and laid out my book based on my specifications. Overall, I am extremely pleased--and I am not easy to work with because I have the highest standards on the planet, or so I've been told many times. I received the galleys a few weeks ago and the quality was great. My proofs have just been uploaded with the printer today. I really appreciated the expertise that BookMobile offered. They guided me on book size, paper stock, and cover type, explaining everything along the way and answering my dozens and dozens of questions. I made a site visit before I worked with them and was
Elizabeth C.
Jun 14, 2018
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I don't understand these negative reviews. I can only assume these few people were high maintenance with ridiculous expectations that did not match what they were willing to pay for good quality and service. I've worked in sales and customer service for 20+ years and Bookmobile is second to none. Very professional, experienced, and lovely to work with.
Alistair J.
Oct 18, 2017
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Hannah Kauffman
Jun 23, 2017
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Linda Campbell Franklin
Dec 06, 2016
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J. P.
Sep 06, 2016
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Absolutely terrible service. After receiving an initial quote it took me five days to finally get back into contact with this company. The individual who responded to me was short and did not seem to be very concerned about my needs. I needed to have several books prepared for an upcoming vip event at the Smithsonian Institute, if impressed with the book's quality this would have led to additional bulk orders from the bookmobile company, in order to stock museum gift shops. The DC museum already stocks content from me. You would think that taking bulk orders on behalf of the Smithsonian would
Sue Petrie
Jul 06, 2016
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Dear Bookmobile, It has been nine years since we first met, and I still (still) love you and your work. ARCs? No problem. Rush turnaround? We can handle it. Samples? They're on the way. Can you tip in a special page? We can. Responsive. Cheerful. Professional. Reliable. Accommodating. And great prices. BookMobile...how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Carla Valadez
Jun 24, 2016
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As a production editor, I have had the pleasure of working with Bookmobile—both the print shop and the publisher services team—frequently over the last ten years. The Bookmobile staff is knowledgeable, professional, and approachable—not to mention a complete joy to work with.
Rachel, Nicole, and Devin, who are my primary contacts, are always helpful problem-solvers, whether to help me determine the right materials or lamination for a print job or to work out an especially challenging project schedule. And they are honest about what is and isn't possible, given the timeline I have and my
Rachel, Nicole, and Devin, who are my primary contacts, are always helpful problem-solvers, whether to help me determine the right materials or lamination for a print job or to work out an especially challenging project schedule. And they are honest about what is and isn't possible, given the timeline I have and my
