More Print Catalogs Find a Home Online, According to National Directory of Catalogs
The number of print catalogs with online editions continued to grow from 8,675 to 8,894 over the last year (2008-2009), according to the 2009 National Directory of Catalogs (www.mediafinder.com) released today. Catalogs available in online-only formats totaled 2,011, up from 1,868 last year, while catalogs available in print-only formats decreased from 1,574 to 1,347 in the same period.

The Right Time to Print Catalogs
There is the right time, and there is the wrong time to print catalogs. You always want to print custom catalogs on the right time of the year to exploit any kind of opportunity you have, while minimizing the cost of your budget to print catalogs for the whole year. This can be tricky to do sometimes, especially if your promotional budget for the year is tight. To help you out in scheduling the right time to print catalogs, here are a few tips that we have on the correct times to do so.

BioInformatics, LLC Assesses Effective Strategies for Print and Online Catalogs
According to new research from BioInformatics, LLC (http://www.gene2drug.com) -- the leading market research and consulting firm serving the life science industry -- the print and online catalogs from Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ:SIAL) are seen by life scientists as being the "most useful" and "easiest to use." However, in ranking the "most visually appealing" catalogs, Invitrogen (NASDAQ:IVGN) ranked tops for online catalog and New England Biolabs took the top spot for print catalog. Catalogs from Bio-Rad Laboratories (AMEX:BIO), Fisher Scientific (a brand of Thermo Fisher Scientific -- NYSE:TMO), and QIAGEN (NASDAQ:QGEN) also ranked highly.

Catalog Printing Myths Exposed for You
Let me tell you about some common catalog printing myths. A lot of small businesses shy away from making proper color catalogs because of some wrong presuppositions. In this article, I will expose all these catalog printing myths for you so that you can decide for yourself about the best and proper way to make and print color catalogs for business.