IPG Prints Five Millionth Book, Adds Capacity
IPG Ink, the book manufacturing unit of Independent Publishers Group, printed its five millionth book September 30 when All the Ways to Fall on the Appalachian Trail from Running Wild Press finished its run.
Clark Matthews, VP and general manager of IPG Ink, said since IPG began printing books in June 2018, the unit volume has quadrupled.
To meet the higher demand, IPG is bringing online the HP PageWide A2200, which is set to go live November 1. The new machine will be able to produce 10,000 200-page novels in a day. According to Matthews, IPG chose this particular machine to meet the needs of its publisher clients who are looking for a way to bridge the gap between the worlds of digital printing and offset printing. According to Matthews, the new HP allows publishers to print almost anything on a 5-7 day turn time, whether it’s just a single copy for a direct-to-consumer order or a last-minute, 5,000 unit run for a frontlist title that has found unexpected success in the marketplace.
