Book Printing--Mixed Results, Mixed Future

Allee feels the higher education and reference market segments will be most influenced from the onset of electronic books. He believes the reference sector will lead the way as the demand for instant information increases.

"We're already seeing people looking at connecting software content into formats that can be downloaded into e-books," he says. "We're going to be a part of that through some acquisitions our parent company has made on the content management side. This is not something we view as a threat, but rather as an opportunity to build new revenue streams tied to content management."