In this week's webcomic and comic news discussion, starting off by talking about Ingram Content Group's
new Print On Demand standard color system and cheaper pricing, webcomics updating on wednesdays, and OffBeatr: The «Kickstarter» for porn... and more!
Last week, Barnes & Noble launched
a new Print on Demand service to complement their Nook ebook self - publishing platform.
The company has developed
a new print on demand service that will allow their cadre of authors to print physical books.
Mark also mentioned that they are currently BETA testing
a new print on demand service for Canadian and US authors.
Not exact matches
«It's a
new model, both of manufacturing, because it's 3 - D
printing, but also of e-commerce, in that everything is made
on demand,» says Shapeways director of marketing Carine Carmy.
One way the company keeps up with
demand is by stockpiling products in a plant in
New Hampshire and holding off
on screen -
printing — the final phase of production — as long as possible to ensure maximum flexibility.
Primera Technology, a leading manufacturer of high quality laser and inkjet - based label printers, offers with its
new entry - level colour label printer LX500e the perfect solution for start - up, small businesses and in - store
on -
demand label
printing applications.
The
new LX2000 desktop printer is the company's fastest one yet, running at speeds of up to 6 - inches per second to quickly produce high - quality, crisply
printed pressure - sensitive labels
on demand for a variety of packaging applications.
The
new LX2000 desktop printer is the company's fastest one yet, running at speeds of up to 6 - inches per second to quickly produce high - quality, crisply
printed pressure - sensitive labels
on demand for a variety of packaging ap
First, Pam Fielding at E-Advocates has an article about integrating
print and online materials into an activist - building campaign, and takes the opportunity to hawk a
new print -
on -
demand product that the company is offering.
3D
printing jelly - like biocompatible «inks» laced with living cells could create
new organs — from a pancreas to a retina —
on demand.
Brigadoon was recently released
on a made -
on -
demand Blu - ray from Warner Archive in a beautiful
print, using a
new 2K scan and the same 5.1 audio mix used
on the 2005 DVD release.
Superman: The Movie Double Feature — I love this
new Blu - ray release from The Warner Archive
print -
on -
demand service (www.warnerarchive.com).
Ingram said the alliance will give publishers access to high - quality
print -
on -
demand services and
new channels for sales, as well as an intermediary for importation, customs, shipping, and warehousing coordination.
A longtime advocate of
print on -
demand, e-books, blogs, podcasting and social media, Danny established Unlimited Publishing, LLC in March 2000 to bring out - of -
print books back to market and publish
new books by professional writers.
The
new agreement leaves the door wide open for a company like CreateSpace to step in and open a local
printing hub for
print -
on -
demand books to be
printed in Australia, or for an Australian
printing company to offer a
print -
on -
demand publishing service and leave D Publishing out of the deal.
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Aaron Shepard is a foremost proponent of the
new business of profitable self publishing through
print on demand, which he has practiced and helped develop since 1998.
But when Barnes and Noble's Nook Press division announced last year that it was expanding what it can do for its authors by offering
new services such as editing, artwork, and
print -
on -
demand, more than a few industry watchers had immediate concerns: Barnes and Noble is the largest bookselling chain left in the US, so where did they find the talent pool to shift into book creation?
Each of the
new presses takes advantage of Ingram's
print -
on -
demand services through Lightning Source ®.
(And by the way,
Print on Demand (POD) is also not
new... it was being done in the 1800s in the backs of bookstores.
The group's application of
new technologies and publishing
on demand reduced the cost of publishing a book to a fraction of what it had been for previous generations; authors now have the ability to publish a book in as little as six weeks and
print as few as a single copy.
Portable computers, the internet, wireless access,
on demand printing smart phones and electronic readers all create enormous
new, quick earning potential for self publishers.
Actually I agree with Pat above — I think all chain bookstores should get a slick
new Espresso Book Machine and
print almost literally any book
on demand in - store and while - you - wait.
To me,
print on demand is one of those
new, I'd say in the last five years, a
new technology that has so improved just every part of the publishing industry.
«Ingram's full suite of publishing services, including their CoreSource digital asset management platform,
print -
on -
demand solutions and now their
newest custom publishing options through Ingram Construct, give us relevant and easy - to - use tools that help us use our content in
new ways, create incremental revenue streams and meet the changing needs of the market and our customers worldwide,» said David Horwitz, Vice President of Sales at SAGE Publications, Inc. «We look forward to taking advantage of all that Ingram Construct has to offer.»
Robin Cutler [00:09:46] To me, that's like one of the huge advantages to using
print on demand, especially for a
new author that really doesn't even know the
demand they're going to have
on their book.
Print on Demand is not some magical
new technology.
Aaron Shepard's Aiming at Amazon: The
NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Your Books with
Print on Demand and Online Book Marketing
on Amazon.com describes one way to self - publish if your goal is to focus
on online bookstores.
This book gives you a solid background in typography, page layout, and book design while providing you with the latest instruction
on the creation of
on -
demand books for the best providers (
print, ePUB, and Kindle) used by the
new generation of self - publishers in the 21st century.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware There's trouble at High Hill Press, a once well - regarded small press «created to offer writers a small niche between the huge
New York publishing houses, and the often high - priced
print on demands.»
What takes them over a year to produce, authors were now doing in weeks with
Print on Demand books, and when Kindle et al came around, the timeframe became that true
New York Minute.
This will allow publishers to
print new books
on demand in less then 48 hours and then them through a domestic distribution network.
With our
new print -
on -
demand options, it is possible to
print only a few hundred copies at a very reasonable cost per copy.
But then from seemingly out of the blue comes this wonderful
new world of electronic publishing and easy and cheap
print -
on -
demand publishing that anyone can now access.
I know it's tempting to avoid the extra expense and hassle of taking
on a second
print on demand (POD) provider, but I want to take a moment and share some of the experiences we've had at
New Shelves Books with our POD work.
The use of books for marketing purposes isn't
new, but the emergence of ebooks and
print -
on -
demand has made it easier and more affordable for business owners to create books to increase their credibility, as well as offer another income stream.
For the past two years, Ben Macklin's company, father - and - son venture BWM Books, has been helping published authors give
new life to their out - of -
print and unpublished works by self - publishing them in ebook and
print -
on -
demand formats.
We have introduced a
new print -
on -
demand routing system that will drastically decrease shipping times.
If they are not careful the core talent of the book trade may well combine in
new types of ventures — collectives and transparent relationships where writers and editors go into business together
on a 50:50 basis and are enabled by web platforms, ebooks and
print on demand... disintermediation of a more radical sort.
In time for the exhibition, BoD (Books
on Demand), Germany's leading selfpublishing service platform (especially for
print books) presented the results of its
new study
on the growth and potential of selfpublishing in Germany and Europe.
New print -
on -
demand PDF themes over at @PressBooks, still one of my fave tools to recommend to self - pub authors: http://t.co/g9HECBSa7C
I say that because most
new indie or self - publishers use
print -
on -
demand printers like CreateSpace and IngramSpark (or sister Lightening Source) and these printers provide the ISBN barcode free.
BookBaby's
new program will distribute self - published
print -
on -
demand titles to retailers like Barnes and Noble through their website (with the potential due to sales and customer requests for in - store sales), Amazon, Powells, NASCORP, Ingram Network, Baker & Taylor Network, plus up to another 150 other outlets.
The second methodology behind HP's
new design is the ability to preserve older, out - of -
print texts by creating exact copies of the original and then treating those digital copies as any other
print -
on -
demand title.
and used that to attempt to create a
print -
on -
demand title using the
new Interior Reviewer tool.
It really looks like Barnes and Noble is going to focus
on audiobooks, Nook Press
Print on Demand and launch a
new Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook tablet.
UP functions like a traditional royalty book publisher, but uses revolutionary
new print -
on -
demand book publishing technologies to slash the cost of getting books in
print.
POD (which stands for
print on demand) / subsidy publishing is the denigrated vanity publishing of yesteryear dressed up in the Emperor's
New Clothes.
Advancements in
print -
on -
demand technology, such as the Espresso Book Machine, are offering publishers and authors alike
new opportunities to bridge the still - pronounced divide between electronic and «tangible» publishing.
Lightning Source was originally open to self - publishers seeking
print -
on -
demand sales and distribution, but to better serve the indie author community, Ingram created a
new division, IngramSpark, that specifically meets the needs of authors.