Book Printing Outlook : An Education in Printing

"We saw a lot of strength in the children's and young adult markets, as well as in the educational markets," he says. "The printed book is showing staying power in many of the markets where the transition to e-books was supposed to be most compelling."

One of the strongest performing areas falls under the heading of "me-books," where people print one-off and personalized times. To that end, Minturn notes that the rapid evolution of digital book printing is creating new markets and ways to create and sell books.