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Innovation that takes your business to another dimension. Gain new customers and increase profits with visually stunning, tactile pieces. Marathon now has a wide array of ways to achieve stunning…
Exciting News at Marathon Press !
We have installed and are now operating some new equipment, and were recently featured in the press release from Konica Minolta. Read the press release here! For further information…
PUR Binding vs. Smyth Sewn Binding
We are often asked for the term "layflat binding", which in our operation is a completely different type of binding. But with further questioning, we usually determine the need is…
Marathon expands their case-making capabilities!
Most of my blog posts focus on the "sizzle", not the "steak". As in, we like to show off the final product, and not bore people with the details of…
Dust Jacket Book Design Tips
Designing a dust jacket to wrap around a hard cover edition can allow several benefits and value, if designed properly. You can have a dust jacket with a cloth or…
What Are Head & Tail Bands?
Head and Tail Bands, (H & T bands) sometimes called just head bands or head & foot bands, are a decorative feature available in a few standard colors at Marathon. …
Book Production Tips: What are appropriate margins?
As Shakespeare wrote: "To be or not to be?", we know that he was really just asking whether you want your book project to look like a college thesis or…
Dustjacket Printing
Whether you are producing a cloth bound hard cover or even in some cases, a printed hard cover, you may want the additional option of a printed, laminated dust jacket. Standard…
Check out our Standard Text Papers!
67 lb Soporset text Our lightest text weight paper option, Soporset is a reliable and cost effective un-coated digital paper, which can be used for many types of books. We…
File Format Information
What type of files do we accept? The PDF file format is the safest way to send your files to us and print without changes occurring (such as text re-flow…