Digital Printing: A Bright Future for Books
Kurt Scherwatzky, Director of Production Services Procurement, John Wiley & Sons
Q. What trends are you seeing around digital book printing today? How has it affected the book industry?
A. Whether it’s Wiley or any other publishing company, we’ve been seeing over the years the ratio turn in the favor of digital printing. I was at another major educational publisher for 20 years and we saw year-over-year a tremendous increase in digital printing. Publishers don’t want to carry a lot of inventory anymore. Gone are the days where publishers were into the warehouse business; owning warehouses and just stocking millions of books in them.
Ellen Harvey is a freelance writer and editor who covers the latest technologies and strategies reshaping the publishing landscape. She previously served as the Senior Editor at Publishing Executive and Book Business.
