Welcome to Printing Industry News Digest (PIND) issue 94, providing a summary of major news items from the printing, publishing, packaging, digital, and communications technology sectors.
For a charitable kick-off, Andrew Webster, co-founder and director of Morgana Systems, has announced details of a bike ride that he will be undertaking in July of this year. The ride, from London to Paris, is aiming to raise money for Willen Hospice – a facility for the terminally ill where former Morgana employee Frank Lewis recently spent his last days. Please sponsor!
In the world of print, colour specialist The Missing Horse Consultancy tells us all about the wonders of DM or “beautiful screening”.
Does the recent postal increase in the UK put a question mark over the future of greetings card printing? Hallmark has certainly made further digital moves recently with the acquisition of SpiritClips, a photo and video e-card specialist.
Workforce relations go from bad to worse at packaging producer MMP, with the decision to close the strike affected Bootle plant.
Roy Greenslade in the Guardian points us towards a poem-cum-rap entitled “They tell me print is dead – but . . .” However, the same publication warns newspapers of creating link-ups with digital brands.
The role of the writer is very much in focus in a feature on e-publishing in the Guardian this week, whilst a US site asks if advertising can survive the move into the digital world. Meanwhile, if you want to learn how to publish a book on Amazon Kindle, look here!
Is your jury still out on the benefits of Twitter? In “The Power of Twitter” one recent convert explains what won him over.
Elsewhere in tech, RIM and Blackberry have been stealing the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Is the company right to exit the consumer market? Plenty of thoughts here and here.
In the tablet world, Google has decided to take slate sales into its own hands with the creation of an online store. It needs to make some money out of Android somewhere. Suggestions are that it actually makes more money from iOS right now!
With QR codes in focus, Gigaom tells us about an ink that can be read by your touchscreen, whilst the screen itself is in focus at LG with the unveiling of the latest in e-paper.
With the aim of providing a clearer focus on technology issues affecting both print and publishing, GenesisNews has created a sister site entitled Tech&Comms News. Available as a stand-alone site, postings are also shown as an RSS news feed on the GenesisNews home page.
One other e-newsletter worth keeping an eye on was spotted this week: Dispatch, from The Seybold Report, is certainly worth a bookmark. It reminds us older chaps of the power wielded by The Seybold Report back in the 1980’s when pre-press and publishing were undergoing such radical change.
The second anniversary edition of PIND will be upon us next weekend (well, near as makes no difference I guess!): edition one of our weekly publication appeared on April 9, 2010. Believe it or not, it celebrated as a lead article the launch of a product called the Apple iPad. Do check back for PIND 95 next week!
Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 95 (our 2nd Anniversary edition!). For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and click here for the GenesisNews #Print Daily – you can even take out a free subscription for this daily news update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology!
PIND094
Missed Issue 93, including more digital for Drupa? Then simply click here!
Issue 92: HP’s B2 digital press
Issue 91: print v. e-books debate
Issue 90: UK exhibition focus, publishing news
Follow @GenesisNews on Twitter for regular updates.
Got friends that might like GenesisNews? Tweet them now: click here!
For a charitable kick-off, Andrew Webster, co-founder and director of Morgana Systems, has announced details of a bike ride that he will be undertaking in July of this year. The ride, from London to Paris, is aiming to raise money for Willen Hospice – a facility for the terminally ill where former Morgana employee Frank Lewis recently spent his last days. Please sponsor!In the world of print, colour specialist The Missing Horse Consultancy tells us all about the wonders of DM or “beautiful screening”.
Does the recent postal increase in the UK put a question mark over the future of greetings card printing? Hallmark has certainly made further digital moves recently with the acquisition of SpiritClips, a photo and video e-card specialist.Workforce relations go from bad to worse at packaging producer MMP, with the decision to close the strike affected Bootle plant.
Roy Greenslade in the Guardian points us towards a poem-cum-rap entitled “They tell me print is dead – but . . .” However, the same publication warns newspapers of creating link-ups with digital brands.The role of the writer is very much in focus in a feature on e-publishing in the Guardian this week, whilst a US site asks if advertising can survive the move into the digital world. Meanwhile, if you want to learn how to publish a book on Amazon Kindle, look here!
Is your jury still out on the benefits of Twitter? In “The Power of Twitter” one recent convert explains what won him over.Elsewhere in tech, RIM and Blackberry have been stealing the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Is the company right to exit the consumer market? Plenty of thoughts here and here.
In the tablet world, Google has decided to take slate sales into its own hands with the creation of an online store. It needs to make some money out of Android somewhere. Suggestions are that it actually makes more money from iOS right now!With QR codes in focus, Gigaom tells us about an ink that can be read by your touchscreen, whilst the screen itself is in focus at LG with the unveiling of the latest in e-paper.
With the aim of providing a clearer focus on technology issues affecting both print and publishing, GenesisNews has created a sister site entitled Tech&Comms News. Available as a stand-alone site, postings are also shown as an RSS news feed on the GenesisNews home page.One other e-newsletter worth keeping an eye on was spotted this week: Dispatch, from The Seybold Report, is certainly worth a bookmark. It reminds us older chaps of the power wielded by The Seybold Report back in the 1980’s when pre-press and publishing were undergoing such radical change.
The second anniversary edition of PIND will be upon us next weekend (well, near as makes no difference I guess!): edition one of our weekly publication appeared on April 9, 2010. Believe it or not, it celebrated as a lead article the launch of a product called the Apple iPad. Do check back for PIND 95 next week!Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 95 (our 2nd Anniversary edition!). For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and click here for the GenesisNews #Print Daily – you can even take out a free subscription for this daily news update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology!
PIND094
Missed Issue 93, including more digital for Drupa? Then simply click here!
Issue 92: HP’s B2 digital press
Issue 91: print v. e-books debate
Issue 90: UK exhibition focus, publishing news
Follow @GenesisNews on Twitter for regular updates.
Got friends that might like GenesisNews? Tweet them now: click here!
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