September/October 2015

For the Love of Books

Book Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc.Two Armand Beach Drive, Suite 1B

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Also in this Issue...• BMIAnnualConferenceSpeakerLineup• BMIAnnualConferenceAwardsBanquet• BMIAnnualConferenceRecreation• IndustryNews• LBCTechnicalDirector’sReport• UpcomingBMIConferences• SomethingtoThinkAbout

See you in Boca Raton, November 8–10!

Boca Raton Resort & Club 501EastCaminoReal•BocaRaton,FL33432(888)543-1277•http://www.bocaresort.com

WelookforwardtoseeingyouattheBocaRatonResort&Club,inBocaRaton,FL,November8–10,atthe2015BMIAnnualConference.Followingisanupdateontheconferencescheduleandspeakerlineup.

2015 BMI ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Sunday, November 8: 12:00PM-1:00PM EditorialCommittee1:00PM-2:30PM LibraryBindingStandardsTask ForceMeeting2:30PM-4:00PM LibraryBindingCouncilMeeting (open to all attendees)2:00PM-5:00PM ConferenceRegistration4:00PM-5:30PM BoardofDirectorsMeeting6:30PM-7:00PM NewcomersReception (for those attending their FIRST BMI conference)7:00PM-10:00PM Reception&Dinner

Monday, November 9: 7:00AM-8:00AM ConferenceCommitteeMeeting7:00AM-8:00AM ContinentalBreakfast8:00AM-12Noon GENERALSESSIONI9:00AM Spouse/GuestBreakfast12:45PM ShotgunGolfTournament1:30PM KayakingAdventure2:00PM-4:00PM TennisMatches7:00PM-8:00PM Reception8:00PM-11:00PM AwardsBanquet

Tuesday, November 10: 7:00AM-8:00AM BoardofDirectorsMeeting7:00AM-8:00AM ContinentalBreakfast8:00AM-12Noon GENERALSESSIONII

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Werner Rebsamen, Professor Emeritus, RIT,duringSundayafternoon’sLibraryBindingCouncilmeeting:“Books and Bindings Do Enhance our Environment”

SpeakersfortheGeneralSessionsonMondayandTuesdaymorningswillbe:

Jay A. Diskey, Association of American Publishers “Who’s Reading and Who’s Not: Trends in U.S. Literacy Rates”

• Recentresearchonreadingandliteracyrates• Readerpreferences• Updateoneducationalpublishing.

Kyle Zimmer,First Book “Gutenberg 2.0”

James F. Conway III,R. R. Donnelley“The World of Book Publishing: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”

Andrew Hughes,Penguin Random House“Topic to be announced”

Conference News2015 BMI Annual Conference Speaker Lineup

Jim Hamilton, InfoTrends“High-speed Color Inkjet and the Book Market”

• Inkjettakesdigitalprinttothenextlevelinregardtospeedandquality.

• Just-in-timemanufacturingbecomespossibleathigherquantitieswithinkjet.

• Inkjetallowspublisherstorethinktheiruseofcolor.

Joseph H. Upton,Edwards Brothers Malloy“The Sweet Spot of Shared Interest”

Phil Riebel,Two Sides North America, Inc.“An Overview of Two Sides and Recent Findings: Reading on Paper vs. Screens – What do Consumers Prefer?”

• IntroductionofTwoSidesanditsmainactivities.• Majorcompaniesareremoving“gopaperless”

claims.• Peoplepreferprintandpaperforreading,learning,

archiving,etc.

Wayne Nordberg,Hollow Brook Associates, LLC “Will Growing Global Deflation Risk Swamp the Central Banks?”

2015 BMI Annual Conference Awards Banquet

Signature AwardJacGarner,Webcrafters,Inc.

JamesWisotzkey,TheMaplePressCompany

The Signature Award is bestowed upon a BMI member who has made a valued contribution to the welfare of the industry and/or the Institute through the display of supe-rior leadership qualities on an issue of particular concern to the industry or, for exhibiting such qualities over an extended period of time.

PlantoattendtheBMIAnnualAwardsBanquetonMonday,November9,attheBocaRatonResort&Club,wherethefollowingBMImemberswillberecognizedfortheircontributionstotheindustry:

Cased-In ClubPaulGenovese,LakeBookManufacturingInc.

BruceJacobsen,BridgeportNationalBindery,Inc.PaulParisi,HFGroup

Membership in the Cased-In-Club is awarded to BMI members who have served in the industry for more than twenty years and have served in the Institute with distinc-tion.

Alistofpastawardwinnerscanbefoundathttp://www.bmibook.org/about/awards/. Congratulations!

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Conference News2015 BMI Annual Conference Recreation

Golf Immerseyourselfintherichhistoryandtradi-tionofoneofthefinestgolfresortsinFlorida.Thisyear’sShotgunTournamentwillbeheldonMondayat12:45PM.Allattendeesandtheirguestsareinvitedandencouragedtoplay.

Spouse & Guest ProgramOnMonday,November9,JudyBachandEdyeGarnerwillhostagetacquaintedbreakfastforallspousesandguests.

TennisTheTennisClubcourtsprovideafabuloussurfaceforagameoftennis.Courttimecanbearrangedwiththehotel.

SpaAluxuryspawithsalonandfitnesscenterfeaturingavarietyoftreatments.

And more...wateractivities,fitnesscenter,andshopping.Besidesalltheon-siteactivities,othernearbyattractionsinclude:

GumboLimboNatureCenter•MiznerParkBocaMuseumofArt•TownCenteratBocaRaton

TheRoyalPalmPalace

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Industry NewsInternational Print Day – October 14, 2015October14,2015wasInternationalPrintDay!Inrec-ognitionofthis,TwoSidesNorthAmericansharedtheirselectionof“tweet-friendly”factstheycreatedfor#IPD15.Readthefullstoryhere:http://tinyurl.com/psakj9q.

International Print Day 2015, A 24-Hour Social Media Event, To Emphasize The Industry’s Love For And Dedication To Print And PaperPrint,paperanddesignprofessionalsencouragedtosharetheirawesomeexamplesofprintandmarketingviasocialmediaandhelpCMYKlovetrendtheplanet!

THE PRINTERVERSE, September30,2015PrintprofessionalsaroundtheworldwereencouragedtoparticipateinInternationalPrintDay2015(IPD15),aglobal24-houreventbeingheldWednesday,October14,2015,inwhichsocialmediawasusedtohighlightthecreativity,importanceandpowerofprintandpaper.Readthefullstoryhere:http://ipd.printmediacentr.com/2015-press-release/.

Publishers Association: E-Books Aren’t Killing Physical CopiesByPatrickDehahn,September28,2015

Booksellerscanbreatheasighofrelief,asanewsurveyshowse-bookshaveyettoendtheprintedword.Thepastfewyearshavebeenturbulentforthepublishingindustry.Fearsofe-booksalescannibalizingretailstoresproliferated.TheprominentchainBordersclosed.Andbookstoresalesdeclined4.3percentyearoveryearin2014.ButanewreportfromtheAssociationofAmericanPublishers(AAP)comesasgoodnewsforthosecon-cernedaboutthebalancebetweensalesofe-booksandthoseoftheprintedvariety.Readthefullstoryhere:http://associationsnow.com/2015/09/publishers-association-e-books/?utm_source=AN%2BDaily%2BNews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20150929%2BTuesday.

The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From DeadByAlexandraAlter,September22,2015

Fiveyearsago,thebookworldwasseizedbycollectivepanicovertheuncertainfutureofprint.Asreadersmigrat-edtonewdigitaldevices,e-booksalessoared,up1,260percentbetween2008and2010,alarmingbooksellersthatwatchedconsumersusetheirstorestofindtitlestheywouldlaterbuyonline.Printsalesdwindled,bookstoresstruggledtostayopen,andpublishersandauthorsfearedthatcheapere-bookswouldcannibalizetheirbusiness…Now,therearesignsthatsomee-bookadoptersarereturningtoprint,orbecominghybridreaders,whojuggledevicesandpaper.Readthefullstoryhere:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/media/the-plot-twist-e-book-sales-slip-and-print-is-far-from-dead.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=2.

Video: The Process of Hand Making a Book the Old Fashioned Way is a Lost Magical ArtCaseyChan,September11,2015

AnthonyBourdain’sRaw Craft takesalookatArionPressinSanFranciscoinitslatestepisodeandexamineshowthistinyprintingshopcarriesonthelegacyofprintersofthepast.It’salmostastonishingtoseehowmuchworkgetsputintoeachbook.Fromthetypesettingtotheproofreading(whichisdonealoud)tothehandstitch-ingandeverythinginbetween,itisalostartformthat’salmostmagicaltosee.Toseethevideo,gotohttp://sploid.gizmodo.com/video-the-process-of-hand-making-a-book-the-old-fashio-1730207429.ThankstoBobSibert,BoundtoStayBound,forsharingthis!

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Technical Director’s ReportWerner Rebsamen

Thestoryalwaysseemstobethesame.Somepeoplebelievethatwhentheycangetsomethingforless,theyaresavingmoney.AgoodexamplemightbeanincidentweexperiencedwhiletheLBIbook-testinglaboratoryatRITwasstillinoperation.Insomecountries,textbookbindingsforschoolsmustbesmyth-sewn.Ifboundinac-cordancetoMSSTspecifications,thosebindingsrequirethattheendsheetsarereinforcedwithacottoncloth(jointmuslin).Thatreinforcementisthenwrappedaroundthefirstandlastsignaturesand,aftercasing-in,theymustextendontothecoverboardsatleast5/8inch.Needlesstosay,suchreinforcementsdoaddtothecostofaqualitybinding.Unfortunately,therehavebeenmanytimeswherepublishingproductionmanagerstriedtosavesomemoneybyopting,inspiteofbookbinderrecommendation,nottoreinforcetheendpapersontheirsometimesveryheavy

andlargeSmyth-sewnbookblocks.Itnevertooklongfordisastertostrikeandforpeopletostartpointingfingersatoneanother.Onesuchincidentinvolvedaschoolbookad-ministratorwho,eagertoshowoffhisorhermoneysavingskills,optedtoeliminatethattypeofendpaperreinforce-mentonschooltextbooks.Theadviceandwarningsgivenbyoneofthetechnicalsalesrepresentativessupplyingthereinforcingfabricweresimplyignored.Withoutthatparticu-larreinforcement,thebooks/bindingsnolongerlastedaslongastheyusedto,andtheschoolsbegantocomplain.Replacetextbooksmuchearlierthananticipatedhadabigimpactonschoolbudgets.Anactiveexpertinourindus-trycametoourlabandtumbletestedidenticaltextbooks

Library, and Other Bindings for Less

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Industry News

20162016Midwinter–Boston,MA,January8-122016Annual–Orlando,FL,June23-26

2017Midwinter–Atlanta,GA,January20-24Annual–Chicago,IL,June22-27

2018Midwinter–Denver,CO,February9-13Annual–NewOrleans,LA,June21-26

2019Midwinter–Seattle,WA,January25-29Annual–DC,June20-25

2020Midwinter–Philadelphia,PA,January17-21Annual–Chicago,IL,June23-28

Moreinformationcanbefoundathttp://www.ala.org/con-ferencesevents/ala-upcoming-annual-conferences-midwin-ter-meetings.

American Library Association Upcoming Conferences – Mark Your Calendar!

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withandwithoutreinforcements.Thetestsconfirmedtheschools’findings;thatthereinforcedbindingswilllastatleastthreeormoretimeslonger.Thegovernmentschool-bookadministrator’splanforsavingsultimatelybackfired,andthetextbookswerere-supplied,thistimewithrein-forcedfirstandlastsections.

Lastsummer,IwascontactedbythelibrarianofamajorUniversitytoanalyzesomebindingscomingoutofAsia.Assomeoneveryknowledgeableaboutlibrarybindings,thelibrarianwassuspiciousofthequalityoforiginalsoft-coverbindingsbeingconvertedintohardcoverbindings.

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A Smyth-sewn book block with an endpaper that is not reinforced. Only a flimsy gauze is holding the cover onto the book block. Photo courtesy of Werner Rebsamen.

Theserein-forcedhard-coverbindingswerepromotedandsoldtolibraryandschoolenviron-ments.Manyofushaveheardthosesalespitchesthatclaimthesebindingsare“justasgoodas…”Fortu-nately,withourknowledgeandexperience,wearefullyawareifwearegettingabargainornot.Ifbindingsfailsoonerthanex-pected,skilledbookbinderscanbecontact-edtoblowthewhistle.InNorthAmerican,therearespecialized

bindingfacilitiesinbusinesstoconvertoriginalsoftcoverbooksintoreinforcedhardcoverbooks.WhiletheymaynotallmeetorexceedthespecificationsasoutlinedintheNISO/LBIStandard,mostofthebindingstructuresareatleasttumbletestedtoensurethatthebuyersofthesebindingswillgetagoodreturnontheirinvestment.Onmostoftheseoriginalsoftcoverbooks,theoriginalhotmeltadhesiveisremoved.TheyaretheneitherdoublefanadhesiveboundorreceiveastrongPURcoatingontothespine.Ifmarginsallowit,thebookblocksareside-sewn,usingaspecifiedthreadandmuslinreinforcedendpapers.Inthepast,membersofLBIhavehadtheprivilegeofvisit-

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ingseveraloftheseMidwesternbindingestablishments.Wenotedthatremovingtheoriginalsoftcoverfromthebookblockmustbeoneofthemostdifficulttasks.Theside-gluingusedontheoriginalisoftenstillsticky.Onceremoved,bindersusemoderneditionbindingequip-menttoconvertthebooksintoqualityhardcoverbooks,ca-pableofwithstandingtheharshendusetreatmentsinschoolsandlibraries.

Asmentionedearlier,thesuspi-ciouslibrarianrecognizedthepoorhardcoverbindingqualityreceivedfromAsia.They,toohadconvertedoriginalsoftcoverbooksintohardcoverbind-ings.Observationsmadewhenexaminingsomeofthesebookssenttothisbookbindingexpertweresimplyunbelievable.Thebindingshadnoneoronlyflimsyreinforcements,noflannelspinelinings,question-ablestitches,threadsandquestionableproceduresoverall.Nowonderthesebindingsdidnotlast.Ifonepaysapre-miumforhardcoverbindings,itisreasonabletoexpectabetterqualitythantheoriginalsoftcoverbinding,especially

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Above, a “library binding” from Asia. Note the side sewing/lacing and no reinforced endpapers. Only a very thin nylon thread was used. There is no flannel lining; only a flimsy gauze. Cross-grain endpapers were used. The picture below is a McCain-sewn textbook made in the USA. Stitches are 1 1/4 inches apart. Photo courtesy of Werner Rebsamen.

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inatoughlibraryenvironment.Enduseandtheamountofcirculationsareimportanttoconsider.Personally,thiswriterwasdelightedthatalibrariancouldrecognizethoseshortcomings.Itlookslikeourpasteducationaleffortswithseminarsandpublicationsarepayingdividends.Nothingisbetterthanasharpminded,educatedconsumer.

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Something to Think About

Fun Facts about Boca Raton!

Boca RatonisthesouthernmostcityinPalmBeachCounty,Florida,UnitedStates.The2014populationestimatedbytheU.S.CensusBureauwas91,332.However,approximately200,000peoplewitha“BocaRaton”postaladdressresideoutsideitsmunicipalboundaries.BocaRatonislocated43milesnorthofDowntownMiamiandishometothemaincampusofFloridaAtlanticUniversityandtheheadquartersofOfficeDepot.

Adowntownoutdoorshoppinganddiningcenter,Mizner Park,islocatedjustminutesfromtheBocaResort&Club.ItisalsoaculturalcenterforsouthernPalmBeachCounty.Featuringalandscapedcentralparkbetweenthetwomainroads(collectivelycalledPlazaReal)withstoresonlyontheoutsideoftheroads,MiznerParkresemblesaMediterraneansuburban“towncenter”withamorecontemporarylook.ItfeaturesmanyrestaurantsandishometotheBocaRatonMuseumofArt,whichmovedtothenewfacilityin2001.In2002,anewamphitheaterwasbuilt,replacingasmalleroneandprovidingalarge-capacityoutdoorvenuewherecon-certsandotherperformancesareheld.Moreinforma-tionaboutMiznerParkcanbefoundathttp://www.miznerpark.com.

BocaRatonhasbeachesalongitseasternshore,notablyRedReefParkandSouthInletPark,wheresnorkelingfromtheshorecanbringavisitortoalivingreefwithouttheexpenseofrentingaboat.NearbyisGumbo Limbo Nature Center,anEnvironmentalEducationCenter,acooperativeprojectoftheCityofBocaRaton,GreaterBocaRatonBeachandParkDistrict,FloridaAtlanticUniversity(FAU),andFriendsofGumboLimbo.Inadditiontotheseatanks,butterflygardenandboardwalktrailthroughthehammockscompletewithanobservationtower,GumboLimboalsohousesaresearchfacilityrunbyFAUwherestudentsstudyseaturtles,sharks,seagrassandothermarine-relatedsubjects.

Thereareplentyofthings to doinBocaRaton.ForArtsandCulturelistings,gotohttp://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/pages/city-manager/arts-and-culture.Arestaurantlistingcanbefoundathttp://web.bocaratonchamber.com/boca/RESTAURANTS.Shoppingandretailoutletscanbefoundathttp://web.bocaratonchamber.com/boca/Shopping-Spe-cialty-Retail.And,golfingoptionscanbefoundathttp://web.bocaratonchamber.com/boca/COUNTRY-CLUBSGOLF-COURSES.

Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_Raton,_Floridahttp://www.bocaratonchamber.comhttp://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/pages/index.php

Photo from the Boca Resort.