The Book Industry Study Group held a two-hour panel June 6 on “The Potential for On-Demand Printing,” moderated by Ken Fultz, recently retired from his role as general manager at Ohio-based Bookmasters. Contributing were Andrea Fleck-Nisbet (Ingram Content Group), Dane Neller (On Demand Books), Michelle Weir (Hewlett Packard), and Rich Dzurus (Canon). Approximately 30 printing, publishing, and paper professionals were in the audience. The panel was an enthusiastic sales pitch for POD, but one worth listening to. As one might expect, much of the conversation turned on the shortage in offset printing capacity that has been felt across the industry, […]
