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Edwards Brothers Forms Global Printing Network
Ann Arbor-based Edwards Brothers has teamed with printers in Europe, Australia and Asia to form a network that offers publishers a one-stop printing service to meet their global printing requirements. The goal of gps Global Print Solutions is it “help publishers handle their small order worldwide runs cost effectively," said Edwards Brothers CEO John Edwards. Joining Edwards Brothers, which will cover North and South America, are CPI, covering Europe and Africa; Markono Print Media, covering Asia; and Griffin Press, covering Australia.
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Perseus Signs with Quark for Digital Publishing
As publishers look for ways to streamline the production process, the Perseus Books Group has entered into an agreement with Quark to implement a new publishing software system that will allow for the creation of print and digital books. The new software system will give Perseus the ability to create a single-source document that can be delivered across multiple types of media. The original book file is created in an e-book compatible format that can be exported to the Web, social media and mobile devices without the need for further conversion.
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O'Reilly to Use CoreSource for Digital Distribution, Management
O'Reilly Media has signed with Ingram Content Group to use Ingram's CoreSource platform for digital asset management and distribution. The agreement is the latest deal between the two companies; in April '’Reilly and Ingram struck an agreement under which Ingram will manage most of O'Reilly's print inventory.
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Book Production By The Numbers
3,082,740: Total number of titles produced in 2010...
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On Demand, SharedBook Ink Printing, Distribution Deal
On Demand Books, producer of the Expresso Book Machine, an in-store POD device, has reached an agreement with SharedBook, a customized book producing firm, to print and distribute content from SharedBook imprints, AcademicPub.com and Everything2Print.com, through EBM’s ExpressNet sales channel.
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Traditional Book Output Up 5%; Nontraditional Soars
Despite the belief in many quarters that the growth of e-books will mean the death of the printed book, the number of books produced by traditional publishers rose 5% in 2010, to a projected 316,480, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday morning from R. R. Bowker.
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Cross-Platform Consulting
When New York magazine announced that Funny or Die, the online comedy brand founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay known for its brief viral videos, was launching its own book imprint, it described one of the people behind the deal as a " ‘cross platform consultant.'
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Harper, Donnelley in Wide Ranging Supply Chain Deal
HarperCollins and R.R. Donnelley have reached a comprehensive agreement that will significantly alter HC's approach to the supply chain. Under the agreement, Donnelley, the longtime printer for the majority of HC titles, will now also fulfill and ship orders for new books for all of HC's U.S. divisions, including Zondervan. In addition, Donnelley will serve as HC's print-on-demand supplier in global markets. HC said the new arrangement, which will start to be phased in this fall, will lower costs and increase speed to market. As a result of the change, HC will close two of its four U.S. warehouses.
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Book Industry Environmental Council Seeks Survey Respondents
The Book Industry Environmental Council is conducting surveys to track the environmental progress of the book industry and is asking publishers, printers and paper manufacturers to participate in short surveys.
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Distribution: Midpoint Expands Into Christian Market; Square One Changes Canadian Rep
Midpoint Trade Books and Inspirational Marketing Resources have formed a new entity, Covenant Media Resources (CMR), where Christian publishers will be able to access Midpoint's distribution and sales services. CMR president Chris Robinette said, "Midpoint is a premier trade sales and distribution company with many services that will be appealing to many independent Christian book publishers.
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New Digital Service from eLibraryPlus.com
A new service that integrates e-book development, distribution and marketing for academic content has been launched by eLibraryPlus.com. The new service will convert and make content combatable with a range of digital reading devices and also allow publishers to distribute sample, abridged or complete versions of their books by different formats and devices. The service is being powered by Datamatics Global Services, a global provider of information technology, knowledge process outsourcing and consulting services.
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Print China 2011: Bigger and Busier
The choice of Guangdong Province as the location for the Print China exhibition is no accident. The province, which has the highest GDP in China, accounts for one-third of the nation’s printing industry.
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CTPS Rocks the Asian Print Industry with HP T300
The Asian printscape, known the world over for its decades-old offset printing expertise, witnessed a transformational shift last Friday when major educational/lightweight book manufacturer CTPS unveiled its HP T300 inkjet web press. At an open house organized by HP—in conjunction with its Now Go Digital seminar— more than 200 people from the region’s media and industry supply chain had their first look at the new technology in Dongguan, southern China.
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Ingram, O'Reilly in Inventory Management Deal
Ingram Content Group has struck an agreement with O’Reilly Media for Ingram to manage most of the publisher's print inventory. According to Ingram’s Phil Ollila, O’Reilly has been working with Ingram's print-on-demand options during the five years Ingram has served as the publisher's distributor and is now comfortable that moving more printing to pod to will free up cash to be used on the acquisition of content rather than on printing and print management.
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Lightning to Open in Melbourne
The Ingram Content Group has picked Melbourne as the site for its next Lightning Source print-on-demand book manufacturing operation. Last fall, Ingram had announced plans to open in Australia, and in a release today said it chose Melbourne for its proximity to a large concentration of major publishers and book distributors and to key metropolitan regions in the country. Lightning will occupy a building at the Scoresby industrial park in the southeastern suburb of Melbourne. Ingram plans to open the facility in June.
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HP Introduces Latest Inkjet Printer
With publishing executives and media flown in to Los Angeles from across the country, HP gave a major push to launch its new 42-inch wide T400 press, the newest entrant in its portfolio of color inkjet imaging systems. One of seven book publishing executives attending the event commented that, given the "steady and stepwise" success of the narrower HP systems over the past five years, the 42” press, constituting the world’s largest such format, is "sure to change the game in book manufacturing."
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Courier to Close Stoughton Plant
Courier Corp. announced Tuesday that it will close its printing plant in Stoughton, Mass. on April 30. The facility, Courier's smallest and which employs 110 people, focused primarily on manufacturing one-color books, mainly paperbacks. The demand for paperbacks has fallen in recent years and Courier has put more of its resources into four-color production using equipment that can do shorter, more efficient print runs.
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CPSIA Update: Congressional Committee Holds Hearing on Implementation
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing on February 17 called “A Review of CPSIA and CPSC Resources,” which examined the implementation and consequences of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
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BookMobile Creates Poetry App
BookMobile, the Minneapolis book production and distribution company specializing in serving the needs of university and literary presses, is using its know-how regarding print book design and e-book conversion to break new ground. Company representatives will introduce to publishers gathered at AWP in Washington this week Ampersand, a poetry app that will enable e-readers and other electronic devices to display poetry without inappropriate line breaks and arbitrary indents.
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