Digital Full Color Opens New Book Markets
Behind the Scenes at Digital Manufacturers
Lightning Source, a subsidiary of Ingram Industries Inc. with 356,000 unique titles in its archives and the ability to turn around as many as 44,000 jobs a day, is uniquely equipped to handle one-offs for a large number of accounts. The company’s seven or more lines of sheetfed Xerox Docutechs, IBM web and Océ presses operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With its link to Ingram’s wholesale and publishing services resources, it offers “in-stock” listings and retail distribution, direct shipping and links to long-run requirements. It also has a UK affiliate.
- Companies:
- Amazon.com
- Author House
- Book Expo America
- BookSurge
- Consortium
- Cyber-Read
- Deharts
- Digital Pulp Publishing
- Edwards Brothers
- Fiction-Wise
- Fidlar Doubleday Inc.
- IBM Corporation
- Ingram Industries Inc.
- Integrated Book Technology
- IUniverse
- Lightning Source Inc.
- Lulu.com
- NetLibrary
- Overdrive Inc.
- PMA
- RR Donnelley
- Xerox Corp.
- XLibris
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.