Publishing

Help Line: Print by numbers and MIS expertise

Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles

Finishing firms team up to produce 'impossible' die-cut book

Visual Editions, a London-based niche publisher, has turned book production into an art form with the publication of its first major title, <i>Tree of Codes</i>.

One third of Southernprint staff facing axe in New Year job cuts

More than 100 jobs are under threat at Southernprint and Southern Binders as a result of plans to cut "uneconomic capacity", while remaining staff could face changes to their terms and conditions.

Help Line: Cards, waterproof grades & canvases

<b>Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles</b>

Not by the book

As costs are forced down, larger book printers are having to get involved ever higher in the supply chain, while small operators are bringing their specialist knowledge into play, writes Jon Severs

Currency war improves UK book print outlook

A major power shift in the global book printing industry could be on the horizon as a result of new technology, transport costs and rising wages in South East Asia.

BGP picks up relaunched Dandy contract

Web offset printer BGP has picked up the contract to print the newly relaunched Dandy magazine.

Manugraph unveils the new Smartline press

Manugraph invited the trade press to its manufacturing plant in Kolhapur, Maharashtra to showcase the newly developed Smartline 4x1 double circumference web press.

Price should not be your only criterion

Jo Francis tracks down solutions to your technical troubles

Independent's new launch sister title hits newsstands

The first national paid-for newspaper to be launched in the UK since 1986 went on sale today.