Digital Book Production: The Demands of On Demand

The rise of ebooks in the trade segment (and of integrated learning systems in the education segment) has also impacted the migration from offset to digital. Wherever ebooks and print have combined in some way—as opposed to one replacing the other—the ability to digitally manufacture the printed components has become paramount. Keep in mind that, since the advent of desktop publishing in the 1980s, almost all books are "born digital." Printing is simply one of several output options.