Comments on: Print on-Demand Book Growth http://thedigitalnirvana.com/2009/05/print-on-demand-book-growth/ Transpromo, Short-Run Book Publishing, Inkjet and other Printing Industry Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 14:35:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Alexander http://thedigitalnirvana.com/2009/05/print-on-demand-book-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 George Alexander Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:25:16 +0000 http://thedigitalnirvana.com/?p=592#comment-1844 Like others, I found this Bowker press release confusing. Did the "3.2% decline" in new titles include or exclude the short-run and on-demand books? I discussed this question with Bowker and found that the short-run and on-demand books were excluded: if included, the number of new titles more than doubled. Bowker defined "short-run" as print runs of under 100 copies and "on-demand" as individual books printed as required. As publishers move more of their new titles into the short-run environment, of course it makes sense that the number of "traditionally printed" titles will decline. Thus, the "3.2% decline" is probably a change in production method, not a decline at all. There is more detail here: http://www.beyond-print.de/site/content/en/channel_news/news_1166.html Like others, I found this Bowker press release confusing. Did the “3.2% decline” in new titles include or exclude the short-run and on-demand books?

I discussed this question with Bowker and found that the short-run and on-demand books were excluded: if included, the number of new titles more than doubled. Bowker defined “short-run” as print runs of under 100 copies and “on-demand” as individual books printed as required.

As publishers move more of their new titles into the short-run environment, of course it makes sense that the number of “traditionally printed” titles will decline. Thus, the “3.2% decline” is probably a change in production method, not a decline at all.

There is more detail here:
http://www.beyond-print.de/site/content/en/channel_news/news_1166.html

]]> By: John Blossom http://thedigitalnirvana.com/2009/05/print-on-demand-book-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 John Blossom Thu, 28 May 2009 12:46:59 +0000 http://thedigitalnirvana.com/?p=592#comment-1823 This is great news for the book industry, print-on-demand will free publishers from the risks of carrying large print inventories and allow them to optimize profits around electronic content that can be repurposed into different kinds of print packages - including packages with sponsored content. All the best, John Blossom This is great news for the book industry, print-on-demand will free publishers from the risks of carrying large print inventories and allow them to optimize profits around electronic content that can be repurposed into different kinds of print packages – including packages with sponsored content.

All the best,
John Blossom

]]> By: Phillip Crum http://thedigitalnirvana.com/2009/05/print-on-demand-book-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1820 Phillip Crum Thu, 28 May 2009 00:25:34 +0000 http://thedigitalnirvana.com/?p=592#comment-1820 While I can't validate the numbers I can testify that the call for self-published titles does seem to be increasing. Glad for it! While I can’t validate the numbers I can testify that the call for self-published titles does seem to be increasing. Glad for it!

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