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Quebecor World has announced its new board of directors.

Building-in machine produces wallet-size up to tabloid ‘library-quality’ hard cover books.

Specialty Print Communications purchases Batson Printing.

David "Skip" Prichard, President and CEO of the recently formed Ingram Content Group Inc., today announced

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE: RRD) today announced that its proposal to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume certain liabilities of Quebecor World has expired.

Quebecor World has rejected the latest buyout offer from R.R. Donnelley.

Bernard T. Sendor, a leading figure in New York City's graphic arts industry for more than 60 years, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2009 in Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY.

Regarding the book manufacturing industry’s commitment to “green” principles, it could be said that a page has truly turned. Over the past decade, consideration of climate impacts and paper sourcing has become central to the industry’s approach, and, along the way, many manufacturers have discovered ways to balance the need to economize, invest in infrastructure and reduce environmental impacts—often through innovative policies and practices that manage to do all three.

Digital content enables distribution on a massive scale. A few examples: (1) the ability to inexpensively and instantaneously spam the known universe; (2) the ability to distribute video content to audiences that a small cable network would find attractive; and (3) most importantly, the ability for Ashton Kutcher to keep a million of us abreast of his every move in real time (via Twitter).

In the current economy, the book manufacturing industry appears to be caught square between the proverbial rock and a hard place: on the one side, a publishing business suffering from decreased consumer demand and on the other, suppliers destabilized by the credit crunch. The industry, however, is showing surprising resiliency, having been thrust into difficult times with eyes wide open. Printers are determined to meet the challenge of a new marketplace defined by multiplatform delivery systems, environmental awareness and niche distribution models in the hopes that the post-“great recession” economy will find a book manufacturing industry emerging leaner, “greener” and more focused on the place of books in a digital age.