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Local readers and writers packed into Politics & Prose on Wednesday night for the official launch of “Opus,” Washington, DC’s first print-on-demand Espresso book machine. It’s one of only a handful operating in independent bookstores worldwide.

Quad/Graphics’ third-quarter 2011 net sales were $1.186 billion vs. $1.209 billion for the same period in 2010. “The volume declines we began to see late in the second quarter accelerated during the third quarter, and included continued weakness in the book market,” said Joel Quadracci, chairman, president and CEO.

(h/t Printing Impressions)

Hachette Book Group has been awarded Gold Certification from the Book Industry Study Group, the U.S. book trade association for supply chain standards, research and best practices.

Today, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced the launch of the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. With an Amazon Prime membership ($79 annually), Kindle owners can now choose from thousands of books to borrow for free – including over 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers – as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates.

Videk, Inc. repeats as Rochester Top 100 Company for 2011 Fairport, NY – October 31, 2011 – Videk, a worldwide leading provider of solutions for document integrity and image quality assurance print verification systems, takes the ninth place spot on the Rochester Top 100 ranking of the regions fastest growing privately held companies, according to…

Leading U.K. book Printer Clays has announced the installation of a Kodak Prosper 1000 Press as part of its integrated book production line, which includes a Muller Martini Sigmaline In-Line Finishing System. The integrated book line with the Prosper 1000 Press is up and running after a smooth installation period.

Although "business development in the past quarter was in line with our expectations," says Heidelberg CFO Dirk Kaliebe, the company anticipates that economic uncertainties will have a dampening effect on investment behavior in the sector during the second half of the financial year.

On Demand Machinery has installed their latest, automated casing-in and building-in machines at Morris Publishing located in Kearney, Nebraska.

Cascades executives have inaugurated the recent addition of $3.7 million in new deinking equipment at the Cascades Fine Papers Group, Breakey Fibres mill.

Edwards Brothers announced the opening of a digital print center in Oxnard, Calif., making it the tenth digital print center owned or operated by Edwards Brothers.