Digital Printing


18 Tips for Making Your Book a Winner
June 8, 2012

What makes a book a winner? There are several critical factors that cannot be missed. Discover how you can avoid the top mistakes most untrained authors make.

  1. Successful marketing starts with a high-quality book. Use professional designers and copy editors, even if you have a relative or friend who can do it less expensively. Good marketing will kill a bad book quickly.
  2. Find a need and fill it. Your content should address a market need. A conversation that begins “I read about a new trend…” will usually yield a better product than will a conversation beginning,” I saw a great manuscript today.”

Transaction Publishers Joins the Espresso Book Machine Network
May 18, 2012

Transaction Publishers, a major independent publisher of social science books, has signed the Lightning Source Espresso Addendum, making a growing number of its titles available via the Espresso Book Machine’s “digital-to-print at retail (DPR)” sales channel.

“Transaction is pleased that such a large number of our new and backlist titles will now be available from The Espresso Book Machine,” says Mary Curtis, President of Transaction Publishers. “The idea that our print books will be instantly available to readers anywhere in the world adds an exciting new dimension to our publishing program, and will be welcomed by authors and readers alike.”

The Espresso Book Machine Arrives At Powell’s Books
May 7, 2012

Portland, OR and New York, NY,—On Friday, May 4, Powell’s Books, Inc.  launched the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) at its legendary City of Books flagship store location at 1005 W. Burnside, Portland, OR. The EBM brings a revolutionary book-publishing technology to one of the most respected independent booksellers in the world.

Rivals Launch a Printing Revolution That Could Be As Significant as Gutenberg
May 3, 2012

This week will see the launch of a revolution in printing that may turn out to be as significant as the invention of the Gutenberg printing press - if entrepreneurs and analysts are to be believed.

Visitors to drupa 2012 will see a number of rival technologies launched, each of which promises to deliver a "second digital revolution in printing" that will allow the digital printer to kill off the offset press for commercial printing, and may even allow the printed page to compete with the iPad.

INTERQUEST to Deliver its Annual London Digital Book Printing Forum
April 27, 2012

INTERQUEST, a leading market and technology research and consulting firm serving the digital printing and publishing industry, today announced its 2012 London Digital Book Printing Forum. The third annual event, which will focus on trends and opportunities in digital book manufacturing, will be held Wednesday, June 20 at the Royal Society, Carlton Terrace, in London. www.inter-quest.com/focused-forums/2012London

Océ publishes Sustainability Report 2011
April 26, 2012

Océ, a Canon Group company, has once again achieved gains in all five of its strategic sustainability focal areas: energy, reuse, paper, product responsibility and employer of choice. The results are documented in the Océ Sustainability Report 2011 published today. Highlights include a substantial further reduction in company carbon footprint compared to 2010 and the launch of a uniquely clean new imaging technology.

Amacom Joins The Espresso Book Machine Network
April 26, 2012

AMACOM is pleased to have signed an agreement with Ingram’s Lighting Source which will allow over 200 of our print-on-demand titles, which are only available from Lightning, to also be delivered on the Espresso Book Machine platform.

E & M Bindery & Finishing, Finish On Demand Forge Strategic Partnership
April 11, 2012

E & M Bindery & Finishing, a high-volume trade bindery serving printers throughout the east coast, has recently forged a partnership with Finish On Demand, a full-service, short-run binding and finishing company. The partnership will greatly benefit customers of both companies.