(L-R) Paul Major, global senior procurement manager, Oxford University Press; David Taylor, senior vice president, Content Acquisition International, Ingram Content Group; Richard Fidczuk, production director, SAGE Publications.
The annual event provided an update on the development and adoption of digital book printing.
A panel of printers and publishers analysed the impact of drupa 2016 on the book market.
‘Inks are paramount’, stated Andy Cork, managing director of PrintonDemand Worldwide.
Addressing Mr Cork’s point, Reinhold Frech, sales and marketing director, commercial printing group, Canon EMEA explained that firm’s fast immobilising inks and ColorGrip technology.
As part of the panel speaking on book publishing, distribution, and manufacturing, Ingram Content Group senior vice president David Taylor, said print on demand (POD) had changed the face of wholesaling; with an ‘infinite stock range, you don’t print until it’s sold’.
Richard Fidczuk, production director at Sage Publications explained that the majority of his reprints are now digital [2010: 25% digital; 2015: 75% digital], which meant the firm ‘never put a book out of print any more’.
Anne Beech, managing director of Pluto Press described the switch to digital as a ‘no-brainer’ adding that ‘digital printing is the saviour of the small publisher’.
The 11th Digital Book Printing Forum, organised by Interquest, was held at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on 28 June.
For a full report on the conference see the August issue of Digital Printer.
