Lightning Source — Electrified Book Production

“If our average book run is 1.8 copies,” Marshall points out, “I can’t very well print two- or three-up of the same title very often. We have to be able to put three different books across the width of the web.” He does say that the majority of files coming in today are PDFs. Lightning Source uses PDF/X-1A:2001 as its preferred PDF format. Publishers can also submit a hard copy book, which the company will scan and add to the library.