Random House is more than doubling its print-on-demand (POD) programme, according to the 17 November Bookseller. I had missed or forgotten the fact that Random started this programme in May with 91 titles (children's and adults'). Now, 120 more titles are being added, with more planned for next year. The books are printed by Antony Rowe.
From the Random House website: "A Print on Demand paperback looks and feels like any other paperback. The only difference is that it is only printed when you say you want it. It takes up to a week for us to take your order, print the book and deliver it. When it arrives it will be as good as new - because that is exactly what it will be..."
This has got to be good, hasn't it? Am I missing something? A list of the titles that are available for order is at the link above.
This is excellent - the way ahead, I hope. The publisher of one of my books ran out of copies of my paperback within a year of publication; and since they only reprint in batches of 2000 and have to sure of demand before they do, the paperback of my book was effectively out of print within a year. POD would be a much better answer.
Posted by: Clare | 23 November 2006 at 23:56