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In a move that continues to build upon a world-class platform for book publishers, Thomson-Shore, Inc. has acquired PublishNext and its subsidiary, Seattle Book Company. Through these acquisitions, Thomson-Shore will now offer an end-to-end platform, including publishing, production, and distribution services that meet the evolving needs of their publishing customers around the world.    

FREMONT, California - November 27, 2013 - EFI^TM (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that book manufacturer Thomson-Shore Inc. has upgraded to the full EFI Monarch^TM print ERP suite with EFI IQuote for a seamless flow of information from the estimate through shipping and invoicing without the need to re-key data.

40-year-old book manufacturer, Thomson-Shore, has leveraged the opportunity to take books from the publisher to the reader in the most efficient and profitable way possible. They have transitioned from just-in-case (inventory) to just-in-time (on-demand) book production to meet shifting market demand.

40-year-old book manufacturer, Thomson-Shore, has leveraged the opportunity to take books from the publisher to the reader in the most efficient and profitable way possible. They have transitioned from just-in-case (inventory) to just-in-time (on-demand) book production to meet shifting market demand.

40-year-old book manufacturer, Thomson-Shore, has leveraged the opportunity to take books from the publisher to the reader in the most efficient and profitable way possible. They have transitioned from just-in-case (inventory) to just-in-time (on-demand) book production to meet shifting market demand.

The six major annual book design shows listed above continue to anchor our industry in its traditions of craft, even though painfully unadorned ebooks and cluttered multimedia platforms proceed apace, charting their own course. Whatever the wide range of book show presenting criteria, as shown in the survey that follows, ultimately the purpose of book design is to enhance the readability and message of the book itself. 

Print will survive and thrive in those areas where it continues to fulfill that purpose. Where digital media prevail, irrepressible design aspirations will soon follow.

While some shows are beginning to provide digital edition categories (mostly fixed format and multi-media), print editions continue to be foundational platforms for book design and organization — at least for the time being. Leading edge designers are exploring ways to bring design criteria into the reflowable formats.

NOVEMBER 15, 2012 - Dexter, Mich. -- Thomson-Shore, a book manufacturer specializing in short- to medium-run digital and offset book printing, binding and publishing services, has entered into an agreement to serve as the preferred U.S.
book manufacturer for Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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When we bumped into some McSweeney's operatives at Book Expo America earlier this year, the San Francisco publishers tipped us off that Dave Eggers' next project, "A Hologram for the King," would be a jaw-dropper, a marvel of production quality and finishing elements. The book, which came out earlier this year, did not disappoint: It's a veritable masterwork of design flourishes, a book ascended to art. To get the skinny on the finer points of the book's finer points, we rang Kevin Spall, President and CEO of Thomson-Shore, the Dexter, MI printer that manufactured it. Spall, who happened to be meeting with Eggers later that day to collaborate on his next project, gladly told us what's what. 

Thomson-Shore, a book manufacturer specializing in short to medium run digital and offset book printing, binding and publishing services, recently announced a partnership agreement with UK-based Clays Ltd.