HarperCollins has become the latest large publisher to address the shift in business from print to digital with a revised inventory model that outsources more services and reduces their fixed-cost warehouse network. Starting in November, the publisher will expand their longtime relationship with their printer RR Donnelley. All of Harper’s new releases will be fulfilled directly from Donnelley’s Harrisonburg, VA facility rather than Harper’s own network of warehouses. Donnelley will also provide global print-on-demand services to Harper, and as of July 2012, they will take over fulfillment of all titles from the Zondervan division, both frontlist and backlist. As a […]
