Are You the Weakest Link?
Printers and book manufacturers know that they are afloat in shifting waters. Frank Romano, professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Print Media, said recently that we will probably be settled into a predictable number of printers in the United States in a few years. However, over time they will be using different technologies to bring images to paper, with ink-jet replacing offset in many plants.
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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.