Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
Bowne & Co., Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements (Nos.
333-102046,
333-64836,
333-79409,
333-81639,
2-96887,
33-48831,
33-35810 and
333-57045)
on
Forms S-8
and in the registration statement (No.
333-109810)
on
Form S-3
of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports
dated March 12, 2008, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and
the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2007, which reports appear in the
December 31, 2007 annual report on
Form 10-K
of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries.
As discussed in our report dated March 12, 2008, the
Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised 2004),
“Share-Based Payment” as of January 1, 2006,
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158,
“Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and
Other Postretirement Plans,” as of December 31, 2006,
Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 108, “Considering the Effects of
Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in the
Current Year Financial Statement,” as of December 31,
2006, and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation
No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes,” as of January 1, 2007.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
March 12, 2008