Book Printing Outlook -- El-Hi, Hogwarts Shine

A Nice Year

Courier Corp., of North Chelmsford, MA, found that 2005 represented a nice rebound in the trade market segment, particularly in late summer and the fall. Courier's Executive Vice President Peter Tobin notes that all of the feedback he'd received pointed to a year of modest growth, with fear that the latest Potter book would constrict capacity, as it had in the past, causing publishers to hedge on their reprint orders. Once the summer came to an end, the orders began to fly.