Lakeside Book Company Revamps Its Distro Business
From Publishers Weekly, by Jim Milliot Executives at Lakeside Book Company, one of the country’s largest book printers, had been monitoring the shrinking pool of distribution options for publishers for several years when the opportunity to acquire Baker & Taylor Publishing Services, the distribution arm of the now-defunct library wholesaler Baker & Taylor, arose last […]
What’s a spredge? The latest booming trend in book design.
From The Washington Post, by Sophia Nguyen The saying goes: Never judge a book by its cover. But what about the edges of its pages? Sumptuous fore-edges — sprayed a bright color, stenciled with city skylines, made to look like pointy teeth — used to be relatively rare. But in recent years, publishers have brought decorated […]
The Hottest Trend in Publishing: Books You Can Judge by Their Cover
From The New York Times, by Alexandra Alter Last year, a romance publisher took an expensive gamble on the latest novel by the best-selling author Rebecca Yarros. To help the novel, “Fourth Wing,” stand out in the crowded fantasy-romance genre, the publisher, Entangled, invested in a limited deluxe edition with a bold metallic cover and […]