We love coloring books - and your response to our recent article with tips for creating these fun products showed us that you do too. That's why we're excited to let you know that we've just posted a new free Expert Guide that takes you through all the steps from A to Z.
Speaking of coloring books, we just had to share this story about our CEO and her cute grandson's 5th birthday party:
Vervante CEO Cindy Tyler recently created a personalized coloring book for her grandson Axl's 5th birthday party. She put together a superhero-themed book featuring all the kids invited to Axl's party and included them in goodie bags with crayons, stickers and other fun items. The kids went wild (who wouldn't want to be a superhero, right?) and their parents did too!
Want to see Axl's coloring book? Just click on the following link: Axl's Coloring Book
Cindy and Axl's special offer
We had so much fun with this coloring book that we’d like to share it with you. Maybe our superhero-themed book inspired you to create your own unique coloring book for a party or other fun occasion. Or maybe you'd like to use Axl's coloring book, but customize it with your own names - our graphic design team can help (design fees may apply).
If you're excited about coloring, we're here to help! We invite you to access our coloring book resources using the links below, or Email or schedule a phone call to discuss your ideas with us.
It's official! Our 2021 daily planner is here and we're so excited to share all the details with you! We've designed this planner to be used in several ways:
Order and use it just like it is
Make a simple change like adding your logo/branding
Fully customize: We provide access to the InDesign files so you can change anything you want.
New for 2021!
> We are offering spiral wire binding on demand: Wire binding is like our plastic continuous spiral binding but with a metal wire. The standard is silver metal in a 1" loop size. It's also available in 5 colors: silver, black, white, gray and brown and can be special ordered. We think this is a nice alternative to plastic spiral binding, and unlike wire-o binding, you don't have to have a minimum quantity order of 25.
> Printed tab divider pages: Tabs are popular and requested often for planners. They are beautiful but can be expensive. Another option is to have printed tabs that are easy to find when the planner is closed or when you thumb through the planner. Please notice the way we printed the tabs in this planner on the video we've uploaded on the website HERE.
You are welcome to modify or change whatever you'd like. We provide the InDesign files to make your 2021 planner designing easier. Here are a few ideas for customizing this daily planner:
Available on demand
Softcover wire or plastic coil
Double paper pocket inserts
Die-cut tabs
Bookmarks
Minimum order quantity 25
2-ply board covers or hardcovers
Laminated and foil-stamped covers
Faux leather or linen covers
Elastic closure straps
Stickers: (minimum order quantity 150 sheets)
Here are links for ordering, accessing, and customizing our new 2021 Daily Planner:
Access the InDesign files to make changes / customizations
Check out the Vervante Video Vault for demonstrations of many of our planner's features - and lots of other products and customizing options available.
We're pretty excited about this new planner - and we hope you are too. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]
Media mail is one of the most economical ways to send a package, and we know that many of our clients choose media mail for their preferred shipping method. However, the USPS recently announced a changes to how media mail returns are now being processed.
USPS Changes to Media Mail Returns
In the past, the postal service did not consistently return undeliverable packages sent via Media Mail. We were told they were discarded to save return handling and postage fees. Now the USPS has announced that as part of internal changes, they will be charging the same amount of postage to return it as it cost to send it. Think of Media Mail as a one-way plane ticket. If it is returned, we now have to pay for the return part of the trip. When this happens, we will mark the order returned and add the charges for the return postage in your author account.
Effective immediately, when we receive returned Media Mail packages you will see a line item invoice in your account for the returned postage fee.
From a cost perspective, paying for an occasional returned Media Mail package is generally still less expensive than shipping Priority Mail.
For example:
If you send a package for $2.80 via Media Mail and it is returned, you will be charged $2.80 for the return, for a total of $5.60 charged to your account.
If you choose to ship the package via Priority Mail the least expensive option is $9.60, so even with the new policy of paying for returned Media Mail packages you still save $4.00 over Priority Mail.
Media Mail is a cost-effective way to send materials such as books, videotapes, DVDs, CDs, printed music and other sound recordings through the U.S. Postal Service. This service has certain rules and restrictions, however, and we’ve provided a detailed look into how Media Mail works, and the benefits and risks when using it for shipping your own products on our blog, which can be viewed here: “The Pros and Cons of Using Media Mail.”
We love coloring books - and your response to our recent article with tips for creating these fun products showed us that you do too. That's why we're excited to let you know that we've just posted a new free Expert Guide that takes you through all the steps from A to Z.
Cindy and Axl's special offer
It's official! Our 2021 daily planner is here and we're so excited to share all the details with you! We've designed this planner to be used in several ways:
> Printed tab divider pages: Tabs are popular and requested often for planners. They are beautiful but can be expensive. Another option is to have printed tabs that are easy to find when the planner is closed or when you thumb through the planner. Please notice the way we printed the tabs in this planner on the