Category: POD

How have new technologies affected book design and typography?

Caduceus asks that question at MetaFilter, and IndiaInk has started a thread in reply. There have, of course, been many effects. some good, others not so good. Caduceus…

Amazon coercing publishers to use BookSurge?

BookSurge is Amazon’s print-on-demand subsidiary. According to a story in Publishers Weekly, Amazon will not sell books printed with other POD services in the same way they sell…

Publishing trends

NPR’s “On the Media” reported some publishing trends recently. Among the interesting facts: Bookstores account for only 40 percent of book sales nationally. (The percentage would probably be…

Book sales, book publishing economics, and print on demand

If you are quixotic enough to wish to engage in literary book publishing, you might want to take a look at the sales figures for the Man Booker…

Espresso at NYPL

If I understand this press release correctly, the NYPL will give away free books for the asking. They’ve installed an Espresso print-on-demand machine. All you have to do…

Out of Print Out of Date

Print-on-demand publishing has changed the concept of what it means for a book to be “out of print” — and not in favor of authors. Traditionally, when a…