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,
333-81639,
2-96887,
33-48831,
33-35810 and
333-57045)
on
Forms S-8
and in the registration statement (Nos.
333-109810)
on
Form S-3
of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries of our report
dated March 16, 2009, except for Note 21, which is as
of July 16, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheets of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries as
of December 31, 2008 and 2007, 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, 2008, and
the related financial statement schedule, and our report dated
March 16, 2009 with respect to the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the Annual
Report on
Form 10-K/A
of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2008.
As discussed in our report dated March 16, 2009, the
Company adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards
Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” as of January 1, 2007
and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157,
“Fair Value Measurements,” as of January 1, 2008.
As further discussed in our report dated March 16, 2009,
except for Note 21, which is as of July 16, 2009, the
Company retrospectively adopted Financial Accounting Standards
Board Staff Position APB
14-1,
“Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that May Be
Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash
Settlement)” and, accordingly, adjusted the previously
issued consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2008
and 2007 and related statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2008.
New York, New York
July 31, 2009