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The immediate future of print
A side effect of the changes in publishing stemming from the online and/or digital disruption is that the print world is evolving. Consolidating, shrinking.
From their side, here are some of their near term issues: https://www.bookbusinessmag.com/post...k-value-chain/ Quote:
Just as changes in digital impact print, changes in the print world impact digital. Especially tradpub digital which huns in lockstep with print. Addendum: Quote:
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Some of the above article is clueless.
It's true that traditional publishers are nuts when it comes to distribution, inventory and POD (but inkjet? !!!!). It's true that Amazon totally dominates online for paper and ebook and audio. Largely because the Big publishers are more interested in taking over each other and preserving existing systems than customers, authors, POD and direct distribution to physical retail. It's impossible to be notified, as a bookseller, if a book goes out of print when it's available. Also it's like as if POD doesn't exist. Textbooks is a whole separate issue and varies between Primary / Secondary / Third level and Country. The Education use of electronic only Textbooks (esp schools) is dominated by the Apple iPad, a device that's essentially a walled garden and x2 overpriced with insufficient battery life. It's mandatory in some Irish Secondary schools and some UK Primary schools. That's wrong and as much the fault of publishers as Apple's dishonest education market selling (started with Apple II in late 1970s). The article is poor. Also in the fiction area, the Big 5 are totally inept at picking new authors. Less than half make the advance (which is much lower in real terms today) from Royalties, though the book might make a profit for more than half. Less than a few percent of Authors signed up by the Big 5 make enough from writing to live on. Basically the big 5 are inept and almost everything now. Last edited by Quoth; 01-15-2020 at 12:55 PM. |
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Quick and dirty: https://www.ricoh-usa.com/en/service...ooks-on-demand The tech is also used for non-book products: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts1ou1yzmcg The article is about the manufacturing side, hence the mention of last year's paper shortage and its impact on the publishers. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelk.../#1d3887fd1b26 http://www.sheridan.com/magazines-re...nge-publishers Quote:
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hypothetically speaking, what printing tech do the big boys in PoD use?
Inkjet sounds unlikely, but perhaps that's just because of how badly they overcharge for print cartridges on consumer-grade printers. Like, the ink is more expensive per ounce than gold. |
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As to what they're used for, in publishing they're used for very small print runs, often in POD for small runs to backfill inventories. A lot of magazines. Color image work in magazines in particular. As a sign of how different the things are, check the TOC of this: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Handbook...-9783527338320 The inks in particular are very different than the simple dye inks in a consumer inkjet. (BTW, consumer inkjet inks are intrinsically cheap: the high price of the inks is pure profit.) Ignore the price of the ebook. These kinds of books are purchased by factories and R&D centers, not normal people. Last edited by fjtorres; 01-16-2020 at 06:18 AM. |
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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/...conomical.html Both Lightning source and Createspace have been doing small batch POD using color inkjets for most of the last decade. |
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Remember that when big publishers lost a loophole on inventory taxes some years back, they changed warehousing practices and adopted POD. https://www.sfwa.org/2005/01/how-tho...ed-publishing/ They drastically reduced launch print runs and rely on small batches to feed backlist trickle sales. A lot of books are steady sellers...over time. It is more practical and cheaper to add a small batch once or twice a year than to keep a multiyear supply around, paying taxes and using up warehouse space that could go to other uses. Using small POD batches allows for smaller warehouses so they can save money that way too. POD isn't just for small fry. Last edited by fjtorres; 01-17-2020 at 06:11 AM. Reason: typos. |
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Consider: [U.S.] Truck driver salaries have fallen by as much as 50% since the 1970s If an actual problem, it will most hurt companies that ship individually boxed books (Amazon), since that packaging requires extra room on the truck. |
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