BOOK PRINTING OUTLOOK — BEST-SELLERS FLOAT ALL BOATS

Quebecor World is also seeing more reprint business, with an emphasis on driving smaller jobs through the supply chain more quickly. By investing heavily in MAN Roland web presses, Clarke believes the company can reap quicker makereadies and double the page throughput.

“These presses, and the automation in the bindery, allow us to blend the larger books, the best-sellers, with the publisher’s desire to capitalize on unique topics that might be hot at the time,” he says. “Then, the publishers order reprints to keep books in print without a lot of inventory and the risk of returns.”