Ingram expands Global Connect program to Russia
Ingram Content Group has partnered with Russian media company EE Media to distribute titles in Russia via its Global Connect print-on-demand program, reports Publishers Weekly. The agreement gives publishers that are...
The proof is in the printing: Print-on-demand and short-run digital
Publishers regularly extol the virtues of print-on-demand (POD) and short-run digital printing. Eloise Keating asked several publishers to share recent examples of their benefits. Black Inc.’s US choice for POD...
‘Open-minded’ Independent Publishers Conference a success; will return in 2013
The Small Press Network, the rebranded Small Press Underground Networking Community, is already planning for the 2013 Independent Publishers Conference following a successful inaugural event in Melbourne last week. General manager...
A&U to launch new out-of-print Australian ebook list
Allen & Unwin has announced it will launch a new ebook list of out-of-print Australian titles. The House of Books list will launch in June with 30 titles and the...
Dymocks to launch publishing arm, D Publishing
Dymocks will launch a web-based publishing arm in October.To be called D Publishing, the business will allow users to upload draft manuscripts online 'and proceed to produce and publish their...
Dymocks to launch publishing arm, D Publishing
Dymocks will launch a web-based publishing arm in October.To be called D Publishing, the business will allow users to upload draft manuscripts online ‘and proceed to produce and publish their...
Lightning Source launches in Australia; 175 local publishers signed up
Ingram has announced the official opening of its Australian Lightning Source operation. Ingram told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the operation, which will offer print on demand facilities, launched with...
Ingram to open Australian Lightning Source operation in 2011
Ingram has announced it will establish ‘a full-scale Lightning Source print-on-demand book manufacturing operation in Australia'. A company spokesperson told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the exact location of the...
On Demand Acquires DPA
Digital printer On Demand has acquired Digital Printing Australia (DPA). Print industry journal Print 21 Online reports that DPA directors Claude Lucchesi and Kirk Peterson will leave the business, with...
Monash ePress to become Monash University Publishing
Monash University's publishing unit, currently known as Monash University ePress, is set to change its business plan with the launch of Monash University Publishing on 8 September. ‘From the launch...
Melb Uni launches Custom Book Centre
The University of Melbourne launched its Custom Book Centre last week.The Centre is a joint venture between the Melbourne University Bookshop and the university's library. The Centre is located in...
HarperCollins launches PoD program
HarperCollins Australia has launched a Print on Demand (PoD) program. The publisher launched with a list of 140 books on 8 March, with more to be added in future. HarperCollins...
A&U announces POD program
Allen & Unwin has announced the launch of its Print on Demand (POD) program. The program will launch with an initial list of more than 150 titles which will be...
Uni of Melbourne Bookshop gets mark 2 Espresso Book Machine
Following a ‘soft launch' in late 2009, University of Melbourne Bookshop is ‘now the proud owner of the first mark 2 Espresso Book Machine in the Southern Hemisphere', bookstore manager...
University of Adelaide launches e-press
The University of Adelaide has launched its own e-press. The University, which has published scholarly works under various guises since the 1920s (including the Hassell Press which merged with Griffin...
Springer titles to be available via PoD
Springer Verlag, one of the world's largest publishers of books in the science, technology, and medicine (STM) sector, has announced that it is making over 5000 titles available to the...
Random House launches print on demand program
Random House Australia (RHA) has launched a print on demand (POD) program that will allow it to produce single copies of out-of-print titles. The program, which has been 18 months...
Book Pal and A&R strike deal to distribute self-published authors
Self-publishing service company Book Pal Australia has announced a new partnership with Angus & Robertson. The distribution deal will mean readers can order the self-published titles by Book Pal authors...
Central Book Services and On Demand announce joint initiative
The book wholesaler Central Book Services (CBS) and digital printer On Demand have announced the launch of the joint initiative Central On Demand, a service designed to further integrate print...
In brief
ILP auction raises $8000 The recent auction broadcast on 702 ABC Sydney raised $8000 for the Indigenous Literacy Project. The winning bidder will receive a large set of signed and...