Publishers and Book Manufacturers Embrace Ricoh’s ’Next Chapter’ in Publishing Technology

BOULDER—Mar 27, 2012—Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC (Ricoh), a leading provider of digital output solutions, today announced that its Next Chapter event proved successful in bringing together publishers, book manufacturers, industry analysts and commercial printers to discuss the future of the book publishing industry. Topics included the impact of tablets to the traditional book market, digital printing and its impact on traditional books, ways to avoid the commoditization of the printed book market, the growing popularity of ultra short-run books, workflow solutions optimized for book printing and much more.