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In the News (Wed 23 Dec 09)

  
  Print on demand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Print on demand or publish on demand (POD) is a publishing methodology in which a copy is not created until after an order is received.
Print on demand with digital technology is used as a way of publishing books for a fixed cost per copy, irrespective of the size of the order.
Profits from print on demand publishing are on a per sale basis, and the amount of commission often varies depending on the route by which the item is sold.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Print_on_demand   (582 words)

  
 Warnings and Cautions for Writers--Print on Demand
Print on demand (POD) is the commonly-used term for the digital printing technology that allows a complete book to be printed and bound in a matter of minutes.
POD services also offer an opportunity to established authors seeking to bring their out-of-print books back into circulation.
Print on Demand, One Year Later: this article by Adam Barr, who published a book with POD service iUniverse, highlights some of the difficulties and frustrations authors who use such a service may encounter.
www.sfwa.org /beware/printondemand.html   (4756 words)

  
 Locus Online: Sean Wallace on POD Publishing
The reasons for POD's failure to achieve its revolution are varied, but much of the blame (and stigma) is a consequence of the first ecological niche that was available for it to occupy: vanity publishing.
This is an undeniable drawback of POD technology, as the unit costs stay fixed for each copy manufactured and offers no room for improvement; whereas with traditional offset printing the costs scale with increases in the print run.
There are other reasons POD publishing is still struggling for legitimacy, among them entrenched practices of industry analysts and bibliographers who have difficulties with books that aren't "published" in the usual sense of having fixed print runs (a problem shared in a sense with electronic publishing, which doesn't involve physical copies at all).
www.locusmag.com /2004/Features/03Wallace_PODEssay.html   (1423 words)

  
 Print on Demand
Print on Demand is to printing what cellular phones were to communication.
When we print on demand we are able to print runs as small as 200 books, and go up from there.
When we contract with you for Print On Demand, we will be specific as to our hourly charges for corrections and changes so you know what to expect to spend to make changes and adjustments.
www.selahbooks.com /print_on_demand.asp   (2261 words)

  
 Print-on-Demand by Grzegorz Boguta
This demand is created by the end users of publishers’ products, that is libraries and other public institutions, as well as the authors of books and their consumers.
However, the established value chain of author-publisher-printer-distributor-wholesaler-bookseller-consumer is far too slow to satisfy either authors’ demands to make and keep their work available, or the demand of consumers to receive the most up-to-date content whenever they wish to purchase it, and at affordable prices.
Electrophotography is the dominant technology in the digital printing presses currently on the market, but ink-jet technology is developing rapidly and the first ink-jet unit that is compatible with digital printing is already on the market.
www.osi.hu /cpd/syndicate/printondemand.html   (1746 words)

  
 Print on Demand
Print on demand is a new printing technology which delivers, literally, print on demand.
Print on demand has the potential to revolutionise the way publishing works, although it has not yet been adopted on the kind of scale that would enable publishers to realise its potential.
It is particularly cost-effective for publishers to use POD for their backlist because the setting and cover already exist, and therefore the set-up cost involved is only the comparatively minor one of digitising the book.
www.writersservices.com /res/ri_POD.htm   (875 words)

  
 Print On Demand, On Demand Printing, Digital Printing New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Print on demand or on-demand printing is a publishing business model.
The main distinguishing mark for print (or publish) on demand is that a hard copy is not created until order is received.
Print on Demand with digital technology is used as a way of publishing books to order for a fixed cost per copy, irrespective of the size of the order.
www.rsdigitalstudios.com /print_on_demand_rs.cfm   (389 words)

  
 ePublishing and Print on Demand Services
Print on-Demand is an upgrade on old technology that has lots of benefits.
Print on-demand is simply printing from a digital file a book or magazine only when it is needed and in the quantity needed.
For the publisher print on-demand is opening up new opportunities for traditional publishers to expand their markets and for entrepreneurs to enter publishing in a low cost low risk way.
www.stylusinc.com /website/print_on_demand.htm   (1180 words)

  
 Print on demand and book publishing by llumina
Print on demand is just what it sounds like, the ability to print one or a hundred books when someone wants them--on demand.
Instead of printing 25,000 to 100,000 copies and then trying to sell them all, companies that provide print on demand publishing are now able to print books as they’re ordered—whether that's one book or a thousand.
Print on demand compared to traditional publishing and traditional self-publishing is very inexpensive.
www.llumina.com /print_on_demand.htm   (379 words)

  
 TARGETING PRINT ON-DEMAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
With digital print on-demand, small quantities of these titles can be produced only as needed.
His on-demand provider is receiving a PostScript file and a few hard copy originals, then, in a matter of hours, turning around a 24-page document that is extremely time-sensitive.
Although fast turnaround is now the primary differentiator in digital printing, targeting value will increasingly become a factor in the future, asserts Sigler, which may be one of the reasons why Oce and Varis Corp. have entered into a co-marketing agreement uniting VariScript software and the DemandStream continuous form printers.
americanprinter.com /mag/printing_targeting_print_ondemand/index.html   (2026 words)

  
 PRINT-ON-DEMAND
Despite its success, this concept was slow to come to the printing industry because a technology had not emerged to support it.
Print on demand relieves you of those burdens.
Print on Demand also conserves cash flow, because you can purchase smaller quantities, just in time.
www.morrowgraphics.com /pod.htm   (314 words)

  
 ACLS History E-Book Project: Print-on-Demand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Print-on-Demand is a fairly recent technology that uses digital printing techniques to produce standard print books in a rapid and cost-effective process.
Generally publishers refer to two types of production models when they discuss "POD": both true print-on-demand, which is the production of one copy at a time through a variety of manufacturing schemes; and short-run-digital production (SRD), which produces very small quantities of a title, mostly for course adoption and small book-trade orders.
The program includes both in- and out-of-copyright works but is restricted to titles that are not in print with a publisher (except for reprint or POD houses).
www.historyebook.org /pod.html   (363 words)

  
 PublishOnDemand.Net - POD Publishers Comparison - Self Publishing - Print on Demand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Print on Demand, POD, is a fantastic new method of printing which is opening publishing up to previously unknown authors.
POD, also know as Publish on Demand or Publishing on Demand, makes it feasible to print books as they are ordered reducing the requirement to print thousands of books at a time.
POD Publishing allows unknown authors to become success stories - as well the small run prints for custom or specialized books.
www.publishondemand.net   (148 words)

  
 Print-On-Demand
CoveComm publishes a number of printed technical books using Lightning Source's Print On Demand (POD) system, and sells these books both via direct web sales and through Ingram's distribution channels.
POD can be a cost-effective solution for small print runs and when keeping inventory is impractical or undesirable.
Per-book print costs are generally quite reasonable, and quality can approach that of more traditional printing equipment.
www.covecomm.com /pod.html   (253 words)

  
 Print On Demand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Print on demand (POD) technology allows a complete book to be printed and bound in a matter of minutes.
Previously printed materials can be scanned and prepared for printing, or existing document files can be processed to Print On Demand format.
Print On Demand is ideal for small quantity publishing runs.
www.converpage.com /pod.htm   (164 words)

  
 Print on demand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
One solution, Print on Demand, has been around for a while but the technology is about to get a major boost as a result of commercial pressures in the book selling world.
Print on demand is a method of book distribution whereby single copies of a book can be printed as the title is ordered.
Print on demand bypasses this hurdle, or at least lowers the bar considerably.
www.ozarticles.com /print-on-demand.html   (479 words)

  
 Article: Print-on-Demand
POD (which stands for print on demand)/subsidy publishing is the denigrated vanity publishing of yesteryear dressed up in the Emperor’s New Clothes.
Likewise, at the other end of your book’s life cycle, digital print is an easy way to keep just a few copies available to customers, without the capital investment and inventory requirements of offset printing thousands of books.
You won’t be able to give that book to a wholesaler (who demands 55% discount) or a distributor (who takes 68-72% discount) because that would mean selling them the book at between $2.80 and $4.50 per book—which you can’t afford, because your cost is $6 per book.
www.publishinggame.com /art_pod.htm   (949 words)

  
 Print on Demand Publishing
Ingram stores those files and the graphic files for the covers on their hard drives, and when an order for one of our books comes to Ingram, the POD machines magically convert those data files into a bound copy of a literary masterpiece which is then delivered to the bookstore.
These are still very much the early days of Print on Demand publishing, and far fewer bookstore clerks know about it than should.
Given the speed at which the POD field is changing, parts of it may be out of date by the time you read it.
www.dvorkin.com /pod.htm   (1639 words)

  
 Print on demand publishing from Oce
Learn how Oce print on demand integrated systems make on demand publishing for quick turnaround for ever increasing on demand productivity.
For on demand publishing success, Oce print on demand systems.
Oce's integrated digital systems are ideally suited for several types of print on demand publishing.
www.oceusa.com /cp_ondemand.html   (544 words)

  
 RPI Print on Demand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
RPI is a true Print On Demand 24hr/7day per week Seattle commercial printing company.
Print On demand means we print both fl and color and bind immediately fulfilling your short-run must have needs, just in time.
Alphagraphics of Seattle is a major provider of commercial print products in our region and focuses on servicing print on demand publishing with the same zeal that RPI has for 25 years.
www.rpiprint.com   (469 words)

  
 Print On Demand Short Run Printing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Print on demand is a digital printing technology that allocates a comprehensive book to be printed and bound in a substance of minutes.
Print on demand is commonly utilized by academic and commercial publishers to print advance reading copies.
Publishing companies, book publishing and self publish companies’ uses print on demand because of its economical publishing method in trading lower start up costs against the smaller per books profit.
www.shortrunondemandprinting.com   (343 words)

  
 on demand publishing: mechanics of print on demand
On demand publishing, also known as print on demand, allows details of your book to be stored electronically for later printing on a one-off basis.
On demand publishing has not received a favourable press, but some of the criticisms come from the vested interests of the conventional publishing trade.
All that said, on demand publishing will be the only avenue open to many poets who haven't the time or inclination to climb the slippery pole of the conventional publishing route.
www.poetrymagic.co.uk /book-publishing/on-demand-publishing.html   (376 words)

  
 Setting Locus Straight on Print On Demand
Yes, when print on demand technology began, there were obvious differences in the quality of the physical books produced.
In truth, of course, these companies were -- and remain -- vanity publishers who use a form of printing technology referred to as "print on demand publishing." This is not "print on demand" -- but it is the major reason for the stigma to which Locus refers.
Printing technology and fulfillment systems that allow publishing business models similar to other businesses with "just in time" manufacturing and delivery should be commended rather than condemned.
www.darkecho.com /darkecho/locus_straight.html   (3952 words)

  
 Print On Demand - Printing Quotes from Print On Demand printers
We have some of the lowest Print On Demand printing prices on the web, especially when you consider that each Print On Demand quote request is sent to printers who can produce Print On Demand printing, your costs and time associated with sourcing your job is greatly reduced.
This Print On Demand printing estimate service is free to print buyers.
The printing firms who can be the most competitive on your Print On Demand project will be contacting you back with prices.
www.printquoteusa.com /printers/Print_On_Demandprinting.html   (217 words)

  
 Media Services for Training Industry and Educational Institutions: on-demand printing, on demand cd and dvd production, ...
Traditional printing cannot accommodate these fast changes: long runs of materials in rapidly changing environment become obsolete before they can be used.
It is an excellent alternative to in-house printing that requires significant investment in equipment and staff time, but rarely produces professionally-looking documents.
Delta L on demand document production and distribution package can be used for complete outsourcing of your document needs.
print-on-demand.deltalprinting.com   (354 words)

  
 Poets&Writers, Inc.
And agents worry that publishers will try to imprison the rights to a book forever by claiming that the very nature of print on demand means that a book never goes out of print.
For all the industry concerns, print on demand is generating blockbuster buzz in the publishing world, and even those who have yet to dabble are paying close attention.
Plus, on-demand authors get to sidestep a publisher's "reserve against returns" clause, whereby a percentage of author earnings is withheld against potential returns from bookstores.
www.pw.org /mag/pare.htm   (930 words)

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