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 and333-57045) onForms S-8 and in the registration statements (Nos.333-109810,333-25861,333-25849, and333-18629) onForms S-3 of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports dated March 14, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Bowne & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and the related financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, which reports appear in the December 31, 2006 annual report onForm 10-K of Bowne & Co., Inc.
As discussed in our report dated March 14, 2007, 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, and 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.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
March 14, 2007