The convergence of online book selling, digital printing, digital document workflow management and the computerization of small parcel logistics created a unique opportunity to create a viable commercial model for printing and supplying books on demand. This innovation was swiftly embraced by the academic publishing community heralding the rescue of the languishing academic monograph. The possibilities captured the imagination of creative academic and niche publishers enabling custom publishing, student editions of monographs, self-compiled wiki books and even the establishment of new university presses and open access publishers.
The Impact of Print on-Demand on Academic Books takes an in-depth look at this phenomenon by looking back on two decades of innovation, reviewing the present state of academic publishing with respect to works being printed on demand and compiling the current forecasts and speculation about the future of academic and niche publishing given the impact of print on-demand.
1. Introduction to part 1 - p. 1 2. 1: Book pre-press for on-demand printing - p. 4 3. 2: Digital print and book manufacturing on-demand - p. 18 4. 3: Bookselling on-demand - p. 32 5. 4: Book fulfilment on-demand - p. 45 6. Part Two: Normalised, commoditised, and adopted, print-on-demand for books today (2015–17) - p. 61 7. Introduction to part 2 - p. 63 8. 5: Monographs on-demand - p. 65 9. 6: Textbooks on-demand - p. 78 10. 7: Book aggregators, archives and collections on-demand - p. 91 11. Part Three: Forecasts and trends for print-on-demand in academic book publishing - p. 103 12. Introduction to part 3 - p. 105 13. 8: Trends in academic book publishing that impact on-demand - p. 107 14. 9: Trends in book manufacturing on-demand - p. 118 15. 10: On-demand book publishing trends - p. 132 16. Appendix 1 - p. 143 17. Appendix 2 - p. 177 18. Bibliography - p. 179 19. References - p. 191 20. Index - p. 197
The convergence of online book selling, digital printing, digital document workflow management and the computerization of small parcel logistics created a unique opportunity to create a viable commercial model for printing and supplying books on demand. This innovation was swiftly embraced by the academic publishing community heralding the rescue of the languishing academic monograph. The possibilities captured the imagination of creative academic and niche publishers enabling custom publishing, student editions of monographs, self-compiled wiki books and even the establishment of new university presses and open access publishers.
The Impact of Print on-Demand on Academic Books takes an in-depth look at this phenomenon by looking back on two decades of innovation, reviewing the present state of academic publishing with respect to works being printed on demand and compiling the current forecasts and speculation about the future of academic and niche publishing given the impact of print on-demand.
1. Introduction to part 1 - p. 1 2. 1: Book pre-press for on-demand printing - p. 4 3. 2: Digital print and book manufacturing on-demand - p. 18 4. 3: Bookselling on-demand - p. 32 5. 4: Book fulfilment on-demand - p. 45 6. Part Two: Normalised, commoditised, and adopted, print-on-demand for books today (2015–17) - p. 61 7. Introduction to part 2 - p. 63 8. 5: Monographs on-demand - p. 65 9. 6: Textbooks on-demand - p. 78 10. 7: Book aggregators, archives and collections on-demand - p. 91 11. Part Three: Forecasts and trends for print-on-demand in academic book publishing - p. 103 12. Introduction to part 3 - p. 105 13. 8: Trends in academic book publishing that impact on-demand - p. 107 14. 9: Trends in book manufacturing on-demand - p. 118 15. 10: On-demand book publishing trends - p. 132 16. Appendix 1 - p. 143 17. Appendix 2 - p. 177 18. Bibliography - p. 179 19. References - p. 191 20. Index - p. 197
