| Many years ago, books were printed in bulk. Book | | | | type of printing method to keep or print small quantities |
| publishers had no choice since it was the only way to | | | | of backlist books. This ensures that you keep a large |
| print cost effectively. Often, this results in a large | | | | number of books available and ready for printing.o It |
| amount of waste since many of the printed books are | | | | also allows a complete book to be printed and bound |
| left in the shelves unsold. | | | | in a matter of minutes. Since it is a direct printing |
| Today however, advances in printing technology have | | | | method, this type of printing technology makes it easy |
| let book publishers print and produce prints to as low | | | | and cost-effective to produce books in small amounts, |
| as one book per request. This type of printing is also | | | | rather than in bulk quantities of several hundred or |
| useful because digital printers retain digital copies of a | | | | several thousand. Because of this, a Publishing house |
| text and that they remain available whenever they are | | | | will not be forced to keep a large amount of printed |
| needed. | | | | materials on hand. In using this type of printing method, |
| As far as efficiency goes, digital printing and on | | | | they can simply ask for copies as they are needed. |
| demand technology is a marriage that has made | | | | This makes life very easy for publishers.o Commercial |
| printing small amounts of books very easy. Also, most | | | | and academic publishers use it to print advance |
| on demand printing presses will only charge a publishing | | | | reading copies to gauge the demand of the public for |
| house one fixed fee per copy - no matter what the | | | | that particular book. This minimizes the risk of printing |
| size of the order actually is. Because of this, the overall | | | | more than what you can sell in the market. Also since |
| cost that is associated with on demand printing is | | | | it is easy to order additional copies of your books, you |
| much lower than that of traditional printing. | | | | can easily accommodate requests should your |
| Here are some of the ways that on demand printing | | | | inventory run dry.o Writer's can now publish their own |
| helped the book industry:o Now you can print a book | | | | books and need not worry about shelling out a large |
| that has been out of print for awhile using digital printing | | | | sum of money for their publishing expenses. Since this |
| technology. Since you can store these prints in digital | | | | type of publishing service offer a flexible payment |
| files, you can produce only as many as you want and | | | | scheme (whether per piece or per ten pieces, etc.), |
| when you need it. Many university presses use this | | | | you can publish your book and never go out of budget. |
