Tapping the Supply Chain Opportunity
• bindery drop ship,
• publisher drop ship,
• flow through distribution (books are not stocked into the warehouse; shown on page 34),
• warehouse distribution (same diagram as flow through except books are unpacked and stored), and
• print-on-demand, which can go direct to the store or to the customer’s home.
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.