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Worzalla, an employee-owned book printer specializing in high-quality children's books, cookbooks, and hard-cover best sellers, recently hosted 12 associates from some of the nation's most prominent book publishers at its "Print University". The program is a 3-day long intensive workshop designed to educate those who work in the publishing industry about the book manufacturing process. "Worzalla was pleased to welcome our publisher partners to Stevens Points and to our facilities. I enjoy sharing the book printing process and my team also learns a lot about what's new in publishing from our participants," said Richard Letchinger, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Worzalla and the organizer of Print University. "Especially since books sales have grown in the last few years, it is invaluable to able to exchange ideas with our partners about the future of our industries." This year's graduates included Madison Oxx and James Neel of HarperCollins Publishers, Vincent Perez and Luke McCord of Penguin Random House, Emily Kleinburg, Chris Leonowicz, and Carolyn Telesca of Macmillan, Rosalie Khan and Jennette Cross of Hachette, Maggie Moore and Rachael Marks of Abrams and Kenneth Burnett of Ramsey Solutions.

LSC Communications announced that it has acquired Fairrington Transportation, an industry leading full-service mailing and logistics provider. Fairrington’s capabilities include a complete range of logistics services from freight management to postal optimization solutions. Founder and CEO of Fairrington, Victor Warren said, “Fairrington has been providing delivery solutions that meet our clients’ needs for 36 years. We are excited that joining forces with LSC will give us the scale necessary to expand our service offerings.” Thomas J. Quinlan III, Chairman and CEO of LSC, further commented, “Fairrington’s experienced leadership, combined with the fact that publications such as magazines and catalogs are at the core of many of our clients’ businesses make this acquisition a natural fit for LSC. Our strategic focus is to continue to expand LSC’s logistics service offering in ways that add value to our clients’ traditional print supply chains, and beyond.”

American Bible Society, a 205-year-old Christian ministry and Bible publisher, entrusted Sheridan with the printing of their new commemorative Faith and Liberty Bible to coincide with the May 1, 2021 opening of the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center located on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. Both the Faith and Liberty Bible and the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center serve as educational resources to explore the Bible’s integral role in American history—illuminating the influence of the Bible on individuals in key historical and personal moments. “The Faith and Liberty Bible allows readers to uncover the significant influence of the Bible on the American experience. Each of the 813 included articles and quotes were reviewed by a team of scholars of American history, law, and religion,” says American Bible Society Managing Director of Ministry Impact – Operations, John Greco. “Sheridan did a magnificent job of bringing this beautiful Bible to life.” Utilizing Sheridan’s high quality, four color, web offset printing capabilities, the role of the Bible in America’s history is told with each turn of the page.