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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
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"...via its print-on-demand facilities...".
Those print capacities (digital print) are unbelievably tiny.
They never, from a production perspective, can and will add up to any significant portion of the book market.
I've been in touch with the head of this department in Europe (coming from Xerox, the "inventor" of just-in-time/print-on-demand, this discussion a year ago seemed to make sense).
They aim for about € 20 million publishing revenue per year. In Germany, (one of) the biggest market in Europe. That's "nothing" and never will increase to much more.
Xerox and others had been dreaming of taking over the print business for decades, but never made it to more than 5% of the total volume in their digital print niche.
And the head of the department clearly expressed: It's not about revenue, it's not about profit, it's not about volume.
It's solely about 100% availability...