The Book Industry Study Group has published Digital Book Printing for Dummies with the help of Wiley and the sponsorship of CreateSpace, Hewlett-Packard, the Independent Book Publishers Association and Lightning Source. Featuring case studies, the book aims to “de-mystify the short-run, ultra short run and on-demand printing process for publishers.” The book draws on the expertise of Barnes & Noble, Blurb, CreateSpace, Harvard University Press, Hewlett-Packard, IBT, On Demand Books, Xerox and the Independent Book Publishers Association, among others.
Copies of Digital Book Printing for Dummies are available on the BISG website and the IBPA website (where they are discounted for IBPA members).
Full disclosure: I’m on the board of IPBA and, I copied this nearly word for word from the free e-mail newsletter Shelf Awareness, that endeavors to help people in the book trade keep on top of their game. Author or publisher, you might want to subscribe to this newsletter to help you keep abreast of the industry.
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