The impact of print-on-demand on academic books / Suzanne Wilson-Higgins.

By:

Higgins, Suzanne Wilson- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Chandos information professional seriesPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, 2018Description: xiii, 201 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780081020111

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

070.579 H535i 23

LOC classification:

Z252.5.O55 W55 2018

Contents:

Convergence and two decades of print-on-demand innovation 1995-2015 -- Book pre-press for on-demand printing -- Digital print and book manufacturing on-demand -- Digital print and book manufacturing on-demand -- Bookselling on-demand -- Book fulfilment on-demand -- Normalised, commoditised, and adopted, print-on-demand for books today (2015-17) -- Monographs on-demand -- Textbooks on-demand -- Book aggregators, archives and collections on-demand -- Forecasts and trends for print-on-demand in academic book publishing -- Trends in academic book publishing that impact on-demand -- Trends in book manufacturing on-demand -- On-demand book publishing trends.

Summary: 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. This work takes an in-depth look at this phenomenon by looking back on two decades of innovation.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main Library-Nabua	Circulation Section	CIR 070.579 H535i 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1-2	Available		020412
Books	Main Library-Nabua	Circulation Section	CIR 070.579 H535i 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2-2	Available		027346

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and index.

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. This work takes an in-depth look at this phenomenon by looking back on two decades of innovation.

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