Book Printing Outlook: Addressing Evolving Needs

Looking ahead to 2013, Duening believes the year will yield incremental changes in books as e-books continue to capture market share, larger publishers consolidate and more authors opt to self-publish. The number of titles published annually will continue to rise, but individual run lengths will dwindle further, he says. Thus, in order to succeed, Quad will need a greater focus on Web-to-print interaction with its publishing clients, while focusing on offering services to those clients that enhance the value of print.