CoinOp

Guess what? We’ve given our print culture catalog a make-over. Some of you have followed the adventures of Pinball Publishing over the past two years via our blog CoinOp. With CoinOp, we showcased the range of wonderful projects that we had the honor to print at Pinball, and featured some of the super talent that we were [...]

We’ll be at Crafty Wonderland’s Super Colossal Spring Sale this weekend! This Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2, we’ll be at the Oregon Convention Center with Scout Books in tow. Stop in to grab a gift for Mother’s Day, talk about Making your own Scout Book, or just to say hi. We’re proud to [...]

Last week, we gave a shop tour to graphic design students from the Friends of Graphic Design student group at Portland State University. The students had loads of great questions about designing for print, maximizing efficiency, and the restrictions and capabilities of different presses. We really enjoy starting an open dialogue with the next generation [...]

Spicy! Floral! Sweet! Tannic! Record your ventures in wine tasting with 33 Wines, a snazzy new wine journal from 33 Books. We’re pleased to release a new Scout Book into the Scout Books shop! 33 Wines comes to us from Dave Selden and 33 Books, the masterminds behind the 33 Beers Scout Book. Each page [...]

Our friend Kate Bingaman-Burt debuts her book at the Land Gallery! Daily drawings, posters, prints, zines galore! Don’t miss the opening of Kate Bingaman-Burt’s new show at Land this Friday. Word on the street is that it’s going to be AWESOME. Kate’s new book is out from Princeton Architectural Press, and a whole slew of [...]

Pinball Publishing would like to offer an internship this spring. Are you interested? Do you know of anyone who might be interested in applying? It is an office-based, writing-intensive position with a focus on generating online content for our Scout Books and CoinOp blogs. The ideal candidate would be smart, friendly, organized and self-motivated. Terrific writing skills are a [...]

“Make Your Own” can mean so many things! We just released DIY Scout Books into the Scout Books shop! Are you a printmaker? A pen-and-ink enthusiast? An embroidery expert? Why not take your craft and apply it to an eco-magnificent pocket notebook? Or maybe you’re an Etsy crafter who already customizes pocket notebooks. Perhaps you’ve [...]

February print promotion! Receive $25 off any order over $200 through February. Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that is notorious for evoking mixed responses. I liken it to cilantro: you either love it or you hate it. Well, Pinball wants you to LOVE it, if only because it’s an excuse for us to [...]

Pinball has set up a fundraising page through Mercy Corps to help with continued relief efforts in Haiti. Mercy Corps is a Portland-based humanitarian organization that “exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.”  They are sending experienced relief workers to bring Haitians water, food and temporary [...]

Pinball gathered last night for some festive holiday bowling. Austin wore a reindeer sweater, there was some delicious pizza and good beer involved, and we all donned some amazing two-toned bowling shoes. The bowling alley provided us with our very own commemorative pin, which we all signed and designated as the trophy. Too bad we [...]