December 2014

For the Love of Books

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

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Also in this Issue...• BMIAnnualConference-HighlightsandPhotos• BMIScheduleofUpcomingMeetingsandTradeShows• WelcomeNewBMIMembers• IndustryNews• LBCTechnicalDirector’sReport• SomethingtoThinkAbout

Anearrecordattendanceofonehundredsixty-fivemembers,prospectivemembersandguestsgatheredinBonitaSprings,Florida,fortheBMIAnnualConfer-ence,November9–11.Thisprofessionaldevelop-mentandnetworkingtimeallowedforopportunitiestolearnabouttrendsinthebookmanufacturingindustryandforattendeestosharetheirexperienceswithoneanother.

OnSunday,November9,thenewlyformedEdito-rialCommitteemettowrapupconversationsabout2014publicationsandtoplanforfutureissuesoftheEndpaper,amembernewsletter,andShelfLife,anindustrypublication.Ifyouhaveideasonarticlesthatyouwouldliketoshareorifyouwouldliketocontrib-uteanarticle,pleasecontactDebNolanatdnolan@hardcoverbinders.org.

TheLibraryBindingCouncil(LBC)meetingfollowedwheretopicsdiscussedincludedtheRulesofOrganizationandProcedures;Certification,Recertification,andExamina-tionProcedures;andanupdateonstandardsincludingtheANSI/NISO/LBILibraryBindingStandard,Z39.78-2000,andthePhotoBookStandardworkinggroup,ISOTC42,WG5.

Followingthis,theBMIBoardofDirectorsmettodiscussthebusinessoftheassociationandthenmetwithnewmembersatareceptionheldjustpriortotheopeningre-ceptionanddinneroftheconference.

OnMonday,November10,thedaybeganwiththeAnnualBusinessMeetingoftheAssociation,whereitwasnotedthatBMI’scurrentmembershipstandsat113whichisanincreaseof43membersoverlastyear,manyofwhomwhojoinedfromtheformerHBI/LBI.

MikeCollinge,PastPresidentandChairoftheNominat-ingCommitteerecognizedoutgoingboardmembers:PaulBradshaw(FutureMark),SteveFyfe(MagnumDigitalSolu-tions),CharlesMarshall(LightningSource,Inc.),andMikeSeagram(SheridanBooks,Inc.).Incomingboardmem-bersincludeTedGreene(GP2Technologies),MarkLevin

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(HewlettPackard),SuzanneWiersma(WallaceburgBook-binding&Mfg.),andJimFetherston(WorzallaPublishingCo.),whoiscompletingMikeSeagram’sterm.

Theconferencepresentationsfollowedandincluded:

1. Educational Publishing Outlook 2015 – 2016,byJayA.Diskey,ExecutiveDirector,Pre-KLearningGroup,AssociationofAmericanPublishers

2. A New Path to Print: How eBooks Have Altered Tra-ditional Publishing,byTraceyMenzies,VPCreativeOperations,HarperCollinsPublishers,LLC

3. Paper Check-off: The Next “Milk,” “Beef,” and “Egg” Industry Branding SuccessbyMaryAnneHansen,Ex-ecutiveDirector,PaperandPackagingBoardAchieve-ment,identity,andbelonging–mostimportant

4. Conundrum 2.0 – An Update and Global Financial Markets,byDavidR.Heidel,Jr,SeniorVicePresident,ThePrivateClientReserveoftheU.S.Bank

Intheafternoon,conferenceattendeeshadtheopportu-nitytospendtimenetworkinginavarietyofactivitiesthatincludedgolfandkayaking.Mondayevening,theannualreceptionandAwardsBanquetwasheld.ThefollowingBMImemberswerehonoredduringthisevent:

Master Bookman AwardBillUpton,EdwardsBrothersMalloy

BMI Signature AwardJackBendror,MekatronicsBobShafer,Kolbus,America

BMI Cased-In Club AwardDuncanCampbell,Campbell-LoganBindery

DeanLikas,RockTennJimPentecost,DickinsonPressMichelleWeir,Hewlett-Packard

OnTuesdaymorning,November11,morenetworkingtookplaceandtheconferencepresentationsincluded:

1. Addressing Issues Related to the Global Book Market,byBrunoMuller,CEO,MullerMartiniCorp.

2. The U.S. Book Industry by the Numbers,byLenVla-hos,ExecutiveDirectorBISG

3. Issues Related to Supply Change Management,byDavidHetherington,VPAcademicMerchandisingandDigitalPrinting,Baker&Taylor

Theconferenceconcludedfollowingthesepresentations.Afterwards,theconferencecommitteemetbrieflyasdidtheBMIBoardofDirectors.

Mark your calendars for future BMI conferences!

April 26 – 28, 2015OmniOrlandoResort,ChampionsGate,FL

November 8 – 10, 2015BocaRatonandResortClub,BocaRaton,FL

April 24 – 26, 2016WildDunesResort,Charleston,SC

October 23 – 25, 2016MarcoIslandMarriott,MarcoIslandFL

May 7 – 9, 2017WilliamsburgLodge,Williamsburg,VA

CongratulationstotheConferenceCommitteeonAnotherSuccessfulConference!

JoeUpton,ChairMikeCollingePatrickDouglas-MeisJimKaeliBradKochKentLarsonDebbieNolan

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Congratulations!

CharlesMarshallRobMauritzJanetMcCarthyGrimmGeorgeDoehnerTonyaPowersBobShafer

Check out the Conference presentations here: http://www.bmibook.org/events/annual-conferences/

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Conference Photos BMI Annual Conference • 2014

Photos courtesy of Werner Rebsamen

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Save the Date 2015 BMI Meeting Schedule and Trade Shows

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Paper 2015March15-17Chicago,IL

Graph ExpoSeptember13-16Chicago,IL

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OmniChampionsGate,Orlando,FL

OmniChampionsGate,Orlando,FL407-390-6664

AAExec.ConferenceRoom;Admiral’sClub/O’HareAirport,Chicago,IL

Chicago,IL

HyattRegencySt.Louis,St.Louis,MO314-655-1234

CampusInn,AnnArbor,MI48104734-769-2200

AAExec.ConferenceRoom;Admiral’sClub/O’HareAirport,Chicago,IL

BocaRatonResort&Club,BocaRaton,FL

BocaRatonResort&Club,BocaRaton,FL561-447-3000

ALAJune25-30SanFrancisco,CA

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Welcome! BMI Welcomes New Members Who Joined in 2014!

BMIwouldliketoofferaveryspecial“Welcome!”toalltheActiveMemberCompanies,AssociateMemberCompaniesandLibraryBindingCouncilMemberswhojoinedBMIin2014.

Active Member Companies: BangPrinting

Bookmasters,Inc.BRPrinters

TotalPrintingSystems

Associate Member Companies: FinchPaperLDDavis

TwinRiversPaperCo.

Library Binding Council Members:

BoundToStayBoundCampbell-loganBindery

CircleInc.ColumbiaFinishingMills,Inc.CoverMaterialSalesInc

DedicatedConvertingGroupGaneBrothers&LaneCompany

Gp2TechnologiesHarvardCollegeLibraryHolmbergCompanyHouchenBinderyLtdHoustonPublicLibrary

J.A.FlesherCoJaffe/TurtlebackBooksfkaSanVal,Inc.

LehmannBookbindingLibraryOfCongress

LosAngelesPublicLibraryMekatronics

NationalLibraryBinderofGANationalLibraryBinderofINOnDemandMachinery

PaulymarkPerma-boundBooks

PhotobookTechnologyPBTPrintFinishingPartners

R&RBinderyStandardFinishingSystemsStanfordUniversityLibrary

TerryC.StapleyCo.LimitedTrappistAbbeyBookbinderyU.S.GovtPrintingOfficeUniversalBindery(sask)

UniversityofCaLibraryBinderyUniversityofMNLibraryBindery

UniversityofPennsylvaniaWallaceburgBookbinding

WertBookbindingWilliamsPrinting/Reformation

PublishersWisdomAdhesives/H.e.Wisdom&

Sons,Inc

Many thanks to the Membership Committee for Their Good Work Throughout the Year!

DavidMcCree,ChairJamesArch

JohnJ.ConleySteveFyfeMarkLevin

DeanLikasJamesMcLarenRobertL.Shafer

RobertE.VanHornMichelleWeir

Thank You!

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A LetterTo All Active BMI Member Companies,BMIhadanexcellentyearinattractingnewmembersei-therasaresultofthemergerwithHBI/LBI,orthroughtheeffortsoftheBMIMembershipCommittee.Asaresult,itwasdecidedtoreissuethisinformationtomakeallnewBMIActiveMembercompaniesawareoftheSalesIndexandRatioAnalysisreports,andtoremindthebalanceoftheActiveMemberbasethattheopportunityexiststoparticipate.TheBMIsponsorstworeportsthatprovidefeedbackoninformationregardingsalesperformance(SalesIndexReport)andmanufacturingcostsasapercentageofsales(RatioAnalysisReport).Forasamplereport,con-tactDianneMorrisatdmorris@bmibook.com.TheSalesIndexReportisissuedmonthlyandcomparesthepercentageincrease/decreaseofmanufacturingsalestothepriormonthandYTDresultsforeachcom-panyreporting.TheRatioAnalysisReportispublishedonceayearandcalculatesthevariouscostelementsofabusinesstorevenuesasapercentageofsales.Actualrevenuesandcostsarenotreported.Theseratiosarethenlistedbycompanyandindustryaveragesaredeveloped.Thevaluetobothreportsisthatyouwillbeabletogetfeedbackregardingfinancialandsalesinformationfromcompaniesinthesamesectoroftheprintmarketinwhichyoucompete.AlltheinformationforbothreportsissentdirectlytoDennisRamey(BMICPA)tomaintainconfidentiality.Heassignsacodeforeachcompany,andeachcompanyistheonlyonethatknowstheircode(CompanyA,Com-pany1).TheBMIoffice,noranyBMImembershaveac-cesstothefinancialinformationprovided,northeidentityoftheparticipatingcompanies.Wedonotpublishalistofparticipatingcompanies.Therefore,youwillnotknowwhoaretheothercompaniesreporting,andtheother

companieswillnotknowthatyouareparticipating.TheBMIofficedoesnotseenorprocessanyoftheinforma-tion.Theonlycompaniesthatreceivethereportarethoseparticipatingintheprogram.Denniswillprovideaformtofillintheblanks.AllcommunicationsflowbetweenbetweenDennisandtheparticipatingcompanies.ThedatafortheSalesIndexisgatheredbythe15theachmonthforthepriormonth.TheRatioAnalysisinformationisgatheredlaterintheyear.Thereare7-10companiesthathaveparticipatedinthepast.TheopportunitytobecomeinvolvedintheprogramisopentoallActiveBMIMemberCompanies.PleasecontactDanBach,dbach@bmibook.com,byJanuary15,2015ifyourcompanyisinterestedinpartici-patingineitherprogram.

To All Active BMI Member Companies

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year

from everyone at BMI.

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Industry News

Technical Director’s ReportWerner Rebsamen

Lay-flat Bindings– Industry Needs to Develop GuidelinesAttherecentBMIAnnualConference,Igaveapresen-tationthatcoveredthistopicindepth.Thesedays,itissimplyunbelievablewhatisbeingofferedasso-called“lay-flat”bindings.Bookbindingmachineryandadhesivesuppliersmisusethiswordextensivelyandourindus-tryneedstotakeactiontodeterminewhatconstitutesatruelay-flatbinding.Thistopicishardlynew.Infact,theAmericanLibraryAssociationrequestedsimilaractionalmostfiftyyearsago,in1966.Theirconcernwasprimar-ilyaroundreadabilityofbooksboundforlibraries.Atthattime,theysimplyhadtoacceptthebooksastheywereandevaluatethemwithregardtotheirdurabilityanduse.Forexample,areaderhasnocontrolofapaper’sweightorgraindirection.WhatthefolksatALAwerelookingforwerebookswitheasytoreadhands-offfeatures.They

developedausefultooltomeasurethereadabilityfeaturesofbookspurchasedforlibraries,regardlessofwhetherthebookswereneworrebound.

Yearsago,theideaoftypebeinglostinthegutterspacewasreferredtoas“thebattleofthemargins.”Bearinmindthatinthe1960s,wehadjuststartedtoadhesivebindbooks.Theterm“lay-flat”hadnotyetcomeintouse.ThemajorityofbookblockswereSmythsewnandwhenopened,werelyingflat.Readabilityandenduseperfor-mancewerealwaysonthemindofthosededicated

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Lang Wightman, President of LBS is retiring after 32 years.

Langplanstoenjoyhimselfbyspendingmoretimewithhiswife,Linda,traveling,ridinghisbike,hisUralmotorcycleandhasplansforatrekinMyanmar.Alwaysanadven-turer,hewillcontinuetoseekoutthingstodoandplacestogo.HehastrekkedinIndiaandheandhisdaughter,Stacy,trekkedfivedays

intoManchuPicchoinPeru.Langhasalsoparticipatedintwointernationalautorallies—PekingtoParisandfromRiodeJaneirotothetipofSouthAmerica.LangisamemberoftheBMIandtheLibraryBind-ingCouncilandisactiveinbothgroups.Hehasspent

hiscareerinthebookbindingprofession.TwoyearsatHertzbergNewMethod,sixyearsatPerfectionLearning,whereheset-upacompletebinderyfromscratch,andforthelast32yearsatLBS.LangwillmaintainanofficeatLBSandserveontheLBSBoardofDirectors.HecanbereachedatLBS;800-247-5323.

In Memory...BMIwassadtolearnoftherecentpassingoftwowell-respectedcolleaguesfromourindustry:

Frank Bowman,formerPresidentwithVonHoffmannJohn Mercury,formerlywithRandMcNally

Ourthoughtsandprayersarewiththeirfamilies.

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users.Justthinkofcookbooks,travelguides,musicbooksandotherswhosebindingsguaranteedhands-offreadingfeatures.

ThefirstworkwithPURadhesivesstartedintheearly1990s.Attheturnofthecentury,bindersstartedtousethisnowsafe,exceptionallystrongandnon-migratoryadhesive.Duringdrupa2012,IcouldhardlybelievethecommotionoverPURlay-flatbindings.Bookbindingmachinerymanufacturersfromallovertheworldproudlytoutedtheirsystems,claimingthattheintegrationofPURresultedin“lay-flat”features.Ifonlythatwerecompletelytrue.WhileitisafactthatbookblocksboundwithhotmeltaremuchstifferthanthoseboundwiththemoreflexiblePURadhesives,moststillhaveacertainclampingeffectandareanythingbutatruelay-flatbinding.ManymaynotevenbeawarethatoursupplierssellbothaflexibleandamorerigidPURadhesive.BothhaveaspecificpurposeindividualswhoestablishedtheMSST/NASTAspecifica-

tions.Thesespecsrequire,forexample,thatonadhesiveboundbooks,thepapergrainisalwaysparalleltothebindingedge.Inaddition,theyestablishedstrictspecificationsforadequatemargins.Thecommitteewantedtostrengthenthereadabilityfeaturesfortext-booksusedinschoolsandprotecttheirbindingsagainstexcessivestrain.Forcingabookblockopentoseealltheprintingwillusu-allybreakanadhesiveboundbinding.Inshort,studentstakingnotesandparticipatingindiscus-sionsarenotwellservedbybindingsthatactlikemousetraps.

AdhesiveboundschoolbookscomingapartduringthecoldwintermonthsincountrieslikeFinlandandRussiaresultedinthedevelopmentoftheOtabindbinding.In1984,GerardHexspoor,aDutchengineerandownerofabookbindery,ac-quiredtherightsforsuchtruelay-flatbindingsfromOtavaPublishinginFinland.Afterconsiderablere-engineering,Otabindlay-flatadhesivebindingsys-temsweresoldallovertheworld.Theirsecretwasatwo-shot,coldemulsionPVAbinding.Otabind’sbindingsmadetheterm“lay-flat”verypopular,asthatfeaturewasverymuchappreciatedbytheend

Readability is evaluated with an engraved clear plate and a one-kilogram weight. This photogrpah appeared in a 1966 ALA publiation.

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“These photos are examples of the variance of available “lay-flat” products in the market place.” Photos courtesy of Franz Landen.

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andtheirapplicationwilltypicallydependonthetypesofcoverorpaperusedalongwiththeweightandgraindirec-tionsofthepaper.Ofcourse,thereareexceptions.ItisclearthatPURadhesiveshavechangedthebookbindingindustryandthatwecanandshouldbeenthusiasticabouttheirsafeapplicationandsuperiorperformance.Despiteallofthat,IamstilltroubledbythemisrepresentationofPURadhesivesandbindingsas“lay-flat.”

So, what can be done about this?Ourindustryneedsguidelines.Since1923,ourtradeassociationshaveestablishedstrictmanufacturingspecificationsforlibrarybindingsandtextbooksusedinschools.Overtime,thesespecificationshavebeenreworkedandadjusted,takingintoconsiderationnewmaterialsandtechnologies.Whenwearejudgingspecificfeaturesofabookblock,suchashowwellitwillopenandlayflat,wemustalsotakeintoconsiderationthestiffnessaddedwiththecoverorback-liningmaterials.Evenwithaveryflexibleadhesive,abindinggluedontoastiffmaterialwillnolongeropenflat.Imagineacross-grain,stiffcover.ThatiswhyOtabindandRepKoverstylesofbindinguseonlyathincambriccloth

This book deserves an “F” grade. How can anyone use this Crochet instruction manual? Cross-grain paper and a stiff adhesive binding create the perfect mousetrap! Photo courtesy of Werner Rebsamen.

asaback-lining—toachieveultimateflexingandtoallowabookblockboundinthisfashiontoopenflat.Minimummarginspecificationsforschoolbooks,asestablishedbyMSST,enhancereadability,evenforside-sewnbooks.Mysuggestionisthedevelopmentofguidelines,whichspecifythelay-flatcharacteristicsandstandardsforreadability.Inshort,weneedtodeveloptheguidelinesandthetoolsinwhichtomeasurethemandworktopromoteusefulcri-teriatojudgetheperformanceofaparticularbindingwithregardtotheguidelines.Abookblockadhesiveboundinsuchawaythatitfeaturesa“built-inMousetrap”wouldau-tomaticallyreceivean“F”grade.Thebigquestionishow can we measure and establish such an industry criterion for true lay-flat bindings?Asmentionedearlier,ALAstartedtodiscusssuchanendeavoralmost50yearsago.Maybeitistimetotakeanotherlookattheireffortsandimproveonitforthebenefitofourindustry.

Werner Rebsamen is Professor Emeritus of the Rochester Insti-tute of Technology. He can be reached at wtrebs@metrocast.net.

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Something to Think About

“At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.” – JohannWolfgangvonGoethe,GermanwriterandauthorofFaust

Inpreparationforthenewyear,youmightfindtheinformationinthefollowingthreepostsbeneficial.ThearticlesarewrittenbyJamesClear,anauthorroutinelysyndicatedbymajormediaoutletslikeBusiness Insider, Entrepreneur Magazine,andThe Huffington Post whowritesthescienceofbehaviorchangeandhabitformation.

This Coach Improved Every Tiny Thing by 1 Percent and Here’s What Happenedhttp://jamesclear.com/marginal-gainsCleardiscussesthe“aggregationofmarginalgains.”

How to Achieve Your Goals (This Simple Trick Makes Progress Easy)http://jamesclear.com/schedule-goalsCleardiscussesthepowerof“settingaschedule,notadeadline.”

3 Surprisingly Simple Things You Can Do Right Now to Build Better Habits http://jamesclear.com/good-habitsCleardiscusses“ThreeSurprisinglySimpleThingsYouCanDoRightNowtoBuildBetterHabits.”

Here’s to achieving our goals in the new year!

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