Book Printing Outlook — Opportunities Abound

But Uncle Julius was right when he chided you about education being the best road to take. An education is forever, and the current adoption cycle seems to have lasted that long. We’re smack in the heart of a fertile 2005-2009 adoption cycle for the elementary/high school (el-hi) segment.

Ed Lane, president of book and directory for Chicago-based RR Donnelley, points out that a number of states have helped keep the educational presses rolling due to strong rollout programs. Among them: Texas and Georgia for math materials; California and South Carolina in science; and Indiana, Oregon and Texas for reading.