Pilot Book Printing Program Comes to KU

This summer, Hewlett Packard selected KU Bookstores to house a pilot for its Print-On-Demand book printing program. The program brings a publishing center to Jayhawk Inc. on the second floor of the Kansas Union and now allows them to quickly create textbooks and other course materials for a fraction of the cost. While only a few months old, the program has quickly gained popularity among departments on campus.

“It has been a much higher volume than what we intended,” said Estella McCollum, director of KU Bookstores. “We’ve probably produced around 5,000 books in a month.”