Pressing Matters Face the University Press Market
New business Models, mounting manufacturing costs and market changes are all top-of-mind for the university press.
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Rising manufacturing costs, however, aren’t the only challenge university presses face. Phil Pochoda, director of the University of Michigan Press, increasingly sees his own titles coming back to haunt him in the form of used books.
“Current estimates are that 40 percent of courses allow for [students to utilize] used [books]. College bookstores’ participation [in used-book sales] has made it affect our profits in the last two to three years.”
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