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Distribution: Ingram Signs Agreement with Destiny Image
Ingram has announced an agreement with Destiny Image Publishers to grow the reach of its Christian publishing program to more book buyers worldwide.
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Distribution: Perseus and Zagat Agree
Perseus and Zagat Survey have announced that in addition to their current distribution agreement, as of May 1, 2012, Perseus has also taken over sales for Zagat in the U.S. for field, mass merchandise, specialty and gift accounts and will handle sales to all accounts in Canada.
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Led by Self Publishing, ‘Traditional’ Title Output Rose 6% in 2011
The number of traditionally published print books rose 6% in 2011, to 347,178, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday morning by Bowker.
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Georgetown Terminal Warehouses Begins POD Printing in Canada
Distributor Georgetown Terminal Warehouses in Ontario begins POD publishing in Canada in a partnership with Illinois-based Publishers' Graphics.
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Gale and Wolper Sign Distribution Agreement
Gale and Wolper Information Services have partnered to distribute Gale subscription products and major reference works in print and electronic form into the special library market.
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Distribution: PGW Signs Interlink and Salon
Effective immediately Publishers Group West will begin providing digital distribution services through Constellation for Interlink Publishing and Salon.
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Distribution: Spry Signs with Perseus
Perseus and Spry Publishing have entered into a multi-year print and digital sales and distribution agreement covering U.S. and international markets. The agreement takes effect June 1, 2012.
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IBT Buys Hamilton Printing
More consolidation in the book manufacturing space as digital printing specialist Integrated Book Technology, Inc. has acquired the web offset printer Hamilton Printing Company.
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Distribution in a Digital Age
Distribution has always been about maximizing warehouses, people, and technology. Even with fewer bricks-and-mortar bookstores and less shelf space, dedicated distributors and publishers that offer client services are upping their game by investing in technology and equipment and offering print-on-demand, digital short-run printing, and e-book conversion and distribution.
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Ingram Acquires Two EPAC Plants, Licenses POD Technology
Ingram Content Group has reached an agreement with EPAC Technologies to license its printing technology. In addition Ingram is also acquiring two EPAC print facilities in the U.S. and a development group in Germany.
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Kodansha Buys HP Digital Inkjet Press for Short-Run Printing
Japanese publishing house Kodansha has taken the unusual step of purchasing its own HP T300 digital color inkjet Web press.
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Ingram Signs Warehouse, Fulfillment Deal with Cambridge University Press
Ingram has signed a long-term agreement with Cambridge University Press that will give Ingram responsibility for CUP’s North American warehousing and fulfillment functions.
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CodeMantra Buys Prepress Firm Preparé Inc.
CodeMantra has acquired Preparé Inc., a prepress and composition company with operations in Upper Saddle River, N.J. and Italy.
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Edwards Brothers, Malloy Merge
Edwards Brothers and Malloy Inc., both based in Ann Arbor, have combined to create Edwards Brothers Malloy.
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MPS Limited: A New Chapter
ADI BPO Services took over Bangalore-based MPS Limited, a Macmillan company, last fall and earlier this week the company announced a new board of directors with ADI BPO director Nishith Arora assuming the role of chairman of MPS Limited.
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Webcom, Gasch Printing Add Digital Presses
The trend towards printers adding digital presses continues with Webcom and Gasch Printing installing new equipment.
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Perseus Inks Composition Pact with Typéfi Systems
The Perseus Book Group has reached an agreement with Typéfi Systems to implement the Typéfi Publish System, an automated composition technology that allows both print and e-pub versions of a book to be easily formatted with XML.
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Knopf's High-End Print Package for '1Q84' Pays Off
It's just under a thousand pages. It's a work in translation. It got a not-so-glowing review from the New York Times. Following standard publishing wisdom, Haruki Murakami's newest work, 1Q84, should not be the out-of-the-gate hit it is.
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Penguin In Short-Run Deal with Quad/Graphics
Quad/Graphics has inked a deal with Penguin for the Wisconsin printer to use its short-run and print-on-demand capability to support what it calls a “virtual inventory” model for some Penguin titles, with Quad printing selected titles in small quantities.
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Manufacturing 2011: Staying Relevant
Not that long ago book manufacturers and paper suppliers looked at digital print production as a wholly unwelcome alternative to the honored publishing tradition of putting real ink on real paper.
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