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Graphic Arts Online (press release) - Best-selling author John Grisham issues his first book for young readers on May 25. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer will have an initial press run of one million hardcover copies.

Look for more 3D printing: DisplaySearch says 1.2 million 3D televisions will ship this year , up from 200,000 last year.


EMCOR Group, Inc. subsidiary awarded a contract for Facilities Energy Services by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing for Its Western Currency Facility.

As Apple readies its iPad reader iBook store, major publishers tussle with Amazon, where established wholesale deals for e-books conflict with new assurances to Apple that publishers will not give other distributors (i.e., Amazon) lower prices.

Specialty Print Communications, Niles, IL, received a merit award for marketing excellence in the National Assn. for Printing Leadership's Marketing Plus Awards.


Mitchell Allen Group and AGS Custom Graphics, a Consolidated Graphics company, were honored at the Gallery of Superb Printing during the Northeast Ohio Craftsmen Club's 54th Annual Ben Franklin Ball.

USA Today, which took a hit when Wall St. Journal leapt ahead to become the number one newspaper by circulation, recoups a bit as Starbucks' 6,500 locations add USA Today, along with the NY Times and local papers.

Joe Moreno, sales and marketing manager of Buhl Press, Berkeley, IL, was appointed alderman of the city's downtown First Ward by Mayor Richard J. Daley, filling a vacancy.