With the new name of MemoryPress, a lot of changes are going to happen.

We have decided to change our paper from the old iMemoryBook 80lb. paper to the new Mohawk 100lb. blue gloss paper. We are now the only self-publisher that uses that quality as the standard for paper.

Paper is pretty much a big deal. Paper will make up to about 90 percent of your book ingredients. I have spent some time this week learning about paper. I am going to try and explain to you a little about the paper. Hopefully you like it. But if it is boring, it is ok if you fall asleep

Paper Specs:

Photo Quality
MemoryPress uses silky smooth Mohawk 50/10 because of its polished, silken surface that provides excellent printability and how it responds to ink with a high gloss photo quality finish. It is a highly versatile coated paper that is often chosen for high quality catalogues, annual reports, and premium marketing communications. This means that MemoryPress books look great with text and photos. Mohawk 50/10 is the perfect paper for MemoryPress.

Green Friendly
MemoryPress is also a responsible choice as we use the only coated paper that has its recycled fiber content verified by Green Seal, an independent third party. 50/10’s Matte and Gloss finishes are manufactured with 15% post consumer waste fiber, which exceeds the Executive Order for recycled coated paper. (click here to learn more about Mohawk and the Environment)

Acid Free & Archival
Have you ever been at a garage sale looking for a good old book? You have probably noticed that most old novels pages have a yellowish and deteriorated look to their pages. If those pages had been acid free this yellowing process would not happen. Acid free means that your paper has been treated with an acid neutralizing solution. Mohawk 50/10 also has an acid free coating that keeps additional acid that comes from the norms of flipping pages with your fingers. 99 percent of papers these days are acid free, but we thought you might like to know what it means.

You books paper will also be archival quality. This means that your family books will be made of an especially permanent, durable acid-free paper. Archival paper is meant to be used for publications of high legal, historical, or significant value. Such paper must also be approved by the ANSI standards (see Wikipedia for more information on acid free and archival paper).

Note: In this next part I get a little technical, you don’t have to understand thickness and weight to know that you are getting great paper. Read on at your own risk of boredom It put me to sleep just writing it.

Paper Weight: 100lb. text = 148 gsm
The weight of metric paper is given in grams per square meter (gsm). The weight of American is given in lb. To say “100lb. text = 148 gsm” is similar to saying “1 inch = 2.54 centimeters”. American vs. Metric. We still can’t understand why we Americans can’t make the switch to metric.

Thickness: .0005 Caliper
Caliper represents the thickness of your paper. The thickness of your paper and the weight are usually unrelated. For example: 80lb. non-gloss paper is actually thicker than 100lb. gloss. This is because the process that your paper goes through to get that glossy look compresses the paper making it thinner. 100lb. glossy paper is more dense and still 20 percent heavier than the 80lb. non gloss.

Some of you have already received your iMemoryBooks with this paper. We have been testing it off and on in the past few weeks. All and all, MemoryPress offers the best quality paper for family history book publishing on the web.

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