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September 2008
President's Letter
We humans often defy the natural order of things…printers and publishers to the extreme. Most of the natural world hibernates in the winter, having prepared and stored sustenance during the warm months. The summer is a season of freneticism and gorging, rummaging for food, squirreling away resources, and fattening up. As the days grow shorter, biology helps by shutting down the metabolism and sending creatures into a deep sleep during which their need for resources becomes negligible. The whole point, as we all learned in middle school science class, is to sandbag for the harsh winter months and to awaken in the spring healthy and prepared for growth and progress....
Industry News
In today’s challenging economic climate, small publishers need to be more creative than ever to sustain profitability. This means looking closely at every aspect of your publishing enterprise and eeking out savings wherever you can. Distribution is just one segment of the magazine lifecycle with savings potential. The worksharing program that gets the most hype, and promises the biggest savings, is co-mailing. The question on the minds of most small publishers we talk with is: Will it work for us?...
The USPS recently discontinued the practice of sending stamped
postage statements to permit holders after each mailing. However, you can now access these statements online...
The Postal Service is working to improve the overall percentage of deliverable mail by revising its “Move Update” standards. The revised standards apply to First Class and Standard Mail mailers and will take effect on November 23, 2008...
Effective March 29, 2009, the USPS will require new delivery address
placement standards for Periodicals, Standard Mail, Bound Printed
Matter (BPM), Library Mail, and Media Mail flat-size mailpieces
prepared and mailed at automation, presorted, and carrier route prices...
In May 2009, the new USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode will replace current POSTNET and Planet barcodes. While May 2009 may seem like a long time from now, keep this deadline in mind when making plans to print postcards and envelopes...
To network with
fellow publishers, explore new ideas and strategies, evaluate emerging
technologies, and bring value back to your enterprise, consider attending any
of these upcoming industry events...
Company Corner
We are proud to announce that Lane Press has won a total of six awards
for printing excellence from three prestigious 2008 print competitions: Gold
Ink, Premier Print, and Sappi Printers of the Year...
Lane Press is working with local non-profit agency, Efficiency Vermont,
to optimize our compressed air system and, thereby, reduce our energy
consumption. This project is in keeping with Lane Press’s ongoing
efforts to be a good steward of our environment...
Customer Roundup
The Council for Advancement
and Support of Education (CASE) recently recognized a number of Lane Press
customers for excellence in alumni magazine publishing. Special kudos goes to Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for winning the Robert Sibley Magazine of the Year award...
Sponsored by ContentWise
newsletter and the Missouri School of Journalism, the Magnum Opus Awards are
focused on custom publishing. Congratulations to the following Lane
Press customers, who received Magnum Opus Awards this year...
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