IPG Partnership with Books International Opens Publishers’ Hardcover Backlist to POD for the First Time
CHICAGO — Independent Publishers Group (IPG) is excited to announce an unprecedented new print offering
in partnership with Dulles,
Hardcovers have mostly eluded the world of short run digital printing so far, largely because the cost
of
In partnership with Books International, IPG is pleased to offer a hardcover short run digital printing
program at prices that make
David Hetherington, Books International’s VP Global Business Development, said, “The partnership with Books International allows IPG’s client publishers to enjoy hardcover book sales even after offset inventory has run out and titles have entered the deep backlist. Backorders for as few as 50 copies can be quickly produced at a quality indistinguishable from offset, and, most importantly, at a price point that is actually affordable for the publisher. We are incredibly excited to offer this new service to IPG publishers.”
Clark Matthews, VP of IPG Ink, stated, “Since 1971 IPG has shaken its head ruefully as it cancels backorders from eager customers simply because the request is for a hardcover title and it’s just too expensive and slow to print more copies at the relatively small quantity needed. We hope this arrangement breathes new life into backlist hardcovers and converts more of those longstanding backorders into sales for our client publishers.”
The program is expected to go live in March of this year. Interested client publishers will receive
access to a