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We offer insights on printing services, design tips, and industry trends, helping you achieve the best print quality.

Book

Why and How to Self-Publish an Art Book

We introduce you to the fundamentals of conceiving, designing, printing, and self-publishing your artwork as a book Art Book Printed by QinPrinting Why an art ...
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Print Your Success: How to Leverage Book Printers to Ace Self-Publishing

Printing a book can be an intimidating process for many self-publishers, but it doesn't have to be. We look at the benefits of leveraging book ...
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Boost Your Paperback's Reach: 10 Proven Strategies for Successful Self-Published Paperback Marketing

Are you looking to promote your self-published paperback novel? Are you looking for ways to boost the reach of your paperback? If so, then you've ...
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Discovering the Benefits of Offset Printing Services for Self-Publishers

We look at the benefits of offset printing for self-publishers and give our honest take on when it's the right choice for you — and when it's ...
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Book Binding Options: The 3 Most Popular Styles

If you're self-publishing your book, one of the most important choices to make is the type of binding. We examine the pros and cons of ...
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7 Steps to Professional Book Cover Design: A Self-Publisher's Guide

If you're self-publishing your book and designing your own cover, it's vital to make your cover design indistinguishable from a professional job. We walk you ...
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Why Use Book Design Templates?

We look at book design templates and explore the pros and cons of using them to help you make the best decision for your self-published ...
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How to Make a Coloring Book to Sell

Designing, printing, and selling coloring books can be a profitable side income or even a full time living. We show you what you need to ...
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How to Get Your Book into Libraries as an Independent Publisher

A professional librarian shares her best advice for self-published authors who would like to get their books in public libraries Image: Book Printed by QinPrinting ...
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How to Become a Successful Self-Published Writer with Offset Printing: The Essential Guide

We explore how to self-publish your book with an offset printer to get the highest quality product at the lowest price point. Image: Book Printed ...
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Hardcover Book

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Children Book

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Comics and Graphic Novels

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Card Decks

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Board Games & Accessories

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How to Design and Sell Custom Jigsaw Puzzles: A Step-by-Step Guide for Amazon, Etsy, and eBay

Designing and selling custom jigsaw puzzles online can be a profitable hobby or the beginning of a full-time business. Whatever your ambitions, we show what ...
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Why You Should Play-Test Board Games for Others Before You Design Your Own

One of the core iterations in the successful development of any board game is play-testing. Here, we explain the tremendous advantages you'll gain by being ...
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Why You Should Design a Board Game

The board game business is booming. If right now you're thinking of designing a board game to self-publish and sell, you couldn't have chosen a ...
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How to Finish Designing Your Custom Board Game

You may have learned all the theory, played a ton of games, worked out your idea, and you're ready to design your own custom board ...
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Do I Need Copyright, a Trademark, or a Patent for My Custom Board Game?

We clear the clouds of confusion around the question of whether you need to purchase a trademark, apply for a patent, or register your copyright ...
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The Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing Your Custom Board Game

Most game designers have an ambition to sell their ideas to major international board game publishers and become overnight millionaire gaming sensations. Others have a ...
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Design a Card Game People Want to Play

How to Design a Card Game People Want to Play

Whether you're designing a card game for fun or profit, running a Kickstarter campaign, or hoping to sell your ideas to publishers, these tips will ...
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What Makes a Good Board Game?

We uncover the 'secrets' behind what makes a board game that people love to play again and again. It may not be what you think! ...
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How Long Does It Take to Design and Publish a Board Game?

There's a lot of work goes into designing and developing a board game from your first idea to publication. But how much work? And how ...
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How to Get Started in Board Game Design

So, you want to design your own board game? Then read this easy introduction to what you need to know to get started Image by ...
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Paper Boxes

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Magazines and Zines

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Printed Marketing Materials

How to Measure the Effectiveness of Printed Marketing Campaigns

In the age of digital data analysis, many businesses lose out because they assume that results from a print marketing campaign can't be gathered. But ...
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How to Make Your Marketing Booklets More Effective

Booklets play a major role in many aspects of off-line marketing and we show you how to make yours as effective as possible Image: Booklet ...
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How to Build Your Business with Printed Thank You Cards

Card Printed by QinPrinting Do thank you cards work for business? All businesses need to make a profit. That's the point, right? Of course, not ...
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10 Ways to Improve the ROI of Your Direct Mail Marketing Campaigns

We've helped thousands of businesses improve the return on their direct mail marketing investment and we'd like to help you, too Image: Brochures printed by ...
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10 Smart Ways to Make Better Brochures

We all know that brochures work, but in today's competitive marketing ecology, it's vital to innovate and find new ways to make your brochures better ...
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5 Cool Ways to Make Your Brochure Stand Out from the Crowd

Image: Brochure printed by QinPrinting Printed brochures are everywhere — despite the rise of the Internet and digital marketing — and they still work. If you think back over ...
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How to Create Stunning Promotional Leaflets with an Offset Printer

We take you step-by-step through how to design, prepare, and print effective promotional leaflets for your marketing campaigns Flyer Printed by QinPrinting For marketing your ...
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How to Design a High-End Limited-Edition Promotional Product Catalog

Make a classy catalog to boost brand awareness, engage new customers, and sell more products Image: Catalog printed by QinPrinting There are so many ways ...
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5 Unusual Ways to Use Printed Calendars to Promote Your Brand

We explore five of the most exciting and innovative ways to make your printed promotional calendars work extra hard to attract attention to your brand ...
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5 Smart Ways to Create a High-End Printed Catalog that Works

Printed product catalogs have made a powerful comeback in the world of integrated marketing. Here are five special ways to make yours stand out and ...
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Printing Industry

eBook vs. Paperback: Which is Better?

eBook vs. Paperback: Which is Better?

EBooks have entered into the mainstream publishing ecology and are enormously popular, especially with millennials; but the most recent statistics show that publishers, booksellers, and ...
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Top Ten Tools for Writing a Book

We share our author's favorite writing tools; practical, helpful stuff to make sure you finally get that book done and ready to print Image: Books ...
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How to Package and Protect Books for Shipping

Professional advice on how to pack and protect books for shipping from people who do it every day! Source: QinPrinting There are many situations in ...
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Why Is the Cost of Paper Increasing

Why Is the Cost of Paper Increasing?

How to survive a volatile paper market and keep costs down Image from QinPrinting If your business depends on print—whether in publishing, education, marketing, or ...
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Writing Advice

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Printing Guide

How to use a book template

How to Use a Book Template for Interior and Cover Design

While designing a book's interior and cover for the first time may seem like a daunting task, understanding how to ...
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Interior Book Design for Self-Publishers

Whether for reasons of economy or creative control, many self-published authors prefer to handle their own interior book design. Here, ...
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How to choose a book format

How to Choose a Book Format for Self-Publishing: Print or eBook?

Before you can design the interior pages and the cover of your self-published book, you must decide what format to ...
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How to Prepare Your Interior and Cover Files for Offset Book Printing

Everything you need to know to prepare your book interior and color files for perfect printing Book Printed by QinPrinting ...
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the fundamentals of typesetting

What Are the Fundamentals of Typesetting? An Independent Publisher's Guide

As one of the world's most successful international offset printers specializing in supporting independent publishers, one of the most common ...
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How to create a book cover using Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Book Cover Using Adobe Illustrator

While many self-published authors outsource cover design to a third party designer, others like to do it themselves. Here, we ...
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Book Design for Self-Publishers: 10 Mistakes to Avoid

As one of the world's most successful offset printers focused on helping self-published authors and independent creatives develop the best ...
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6 Popular Book Binding Options for Your Print Project

Choosing the right binding style for your print project is important. Here's our helpful guide to the six most popular ...
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How to choose paper for printing

How to Choose the Right Paper for Offset Printing Books, Magazines, Brochures, and Catalogs

A quick-start guide to making the right paper choices for your offset printing project Image: Books Printed by QinPrinting Perhaps ...
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How to Design and Prepare Your Print Projects Ready for Foil Stamping

We explain the basics you will need to make sure that your book cover, brochure, product catalog, or other project ...
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