Gene Therapy
The Espresso Book Machine Installation
A good example of an “Outside the Box” case study featured in the report is on the Espresso machine installation in the University of Alberta’s bookstore. This case, by the way, I think, points to the most revolutionary of the innovations in the report. Based on an interview with Todd Anderson, the bookstore’s director, it is central to a major industry transformation in distribution, inventory control and reduced carbon footprint strategies.
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.