Book Manufacturing Outlook: Balancing Demand, Capacity (piworld.com)

Despite all that 2020 heaped on the printing sector, the book manufacturing segment is going strong, driven by an isolated public renewing its connection to reading and, perhaps, by the multitudes of home-bound media experts frantically stocking their “credibility bookcases.” Book manufacturers are managing new ways of serving publishers and the broader market, and embracing new technology where it is advantageous.

The segment underwent a drastic shift during 2020, particularly with the divestiture of Quad/Graphics’ book plants from the segment, and the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of LSC Communications. These two developments effectively changed the playing field for U.S.-based book manufacturers, and left numerous book publishers scrambling for available capacity.

This article features the insight of four book manufacturing professionals, to provide a better sense of the segment as it is today, and the factors driving opportunity and success. more at: https://www.piworld.com/article/book-manufacturing-outlook-balancing-demand-capacity/#ne=a0dae8603d00a659dbe7da5388ef196c&utm_source=today-on-piworld&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=2021-01-12

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