Publishing

Agency bosses back direct mail in Mailmen campaign

Five influential agency and publishing industry leaders have publicly endorsed direct mail in Royal Mail Marketreach's new campaign, Mailmen.

DC Thomson adds inline inkjet capability at printing arm

DC Thomson has become the third newspaper publisher in the UK to invest in Kodak's Prosper S-Series Imprinting System, giving it the ability to produce bespoke newspapers with unique advertising and...

Overmatter: Wehrle’s whirl

Immediate Media paper buying supremo Steve Wehrle recently celebrated 50 years at the business (and at the BBC before that) with a ‘dress through the decades’ themed party.

Aspiring authors need printers with the write stuff

Printed books are doing rather well. Bookseller Foyles posted an 8.1% increase, year on year, in printed books sales for December 2014, while Waterstones says sales of physical books rose 5% in the...

Print Futures Awards expands again in 2015

The Print Futures Awards has launched its 2015 call for entries and announced that it is increasing the number of grants available for the second consecutive year.

Charlie Hebdo print run upped to 3m, printer under wraps

A French printing industry expert has told PrintWeek that the country’s security services have asked for the identity of the printer of this week’s Charlie Hebdo “survivors’ issue” be kept under wraps...

Facebook founder's book club delivers novel sales boost

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has launched a book club in response to suggestions from some of his 31m followers as to what his personal improvement goal for 2015 should be.

River increases Healthy magazine run length for newsstand launch

Content marketing agency The River Group has upped the run length of Holland & Barrett's customer magazine by 30% as it prepares to roll the title out to newsstands nationwide next month.

What did print do in the Great War?

It’s unlikely to have escaped many people’s attention that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, and across the country many events are taking place to...

Print opportunities in e-commerce parcels

Chaotic Black Friday scenes did not find favour with Jo Francis, who finds better news for printers in another booming aspect of the Christmas shopping season.