Could one little-known company really produce so muchvolume? While e-books, iPads and Kindles have dominated theheadlines, BiblioLife is one of a handful of smart, new, technology-enabledcompanies driving an exciting trend in the publishing world.
Working closelywith libraries, archives and aggregators, the companyputs out-of-copyright books back into good old-fashioned print, one copyat a time, using print-on-demand technology. All of the company's content is in the public domain, andare basically "historical reprints," Davistold PW , with foreign language books, and their "added layers of complexity"the fastest growing category of books.
Speaking of killer platforms, Davis has some experience with those. After that deal, Davis spent two years atAmazon in Seattle,working as a condition of the acquisition to help with the integration ofBookSurge into a division now known as CreateSpace. So how has Bibliolife, despite its major production,flown under the radar until this year's Bowker stats came out?
For one, Davis says, the companysimply isn't seeking publicity as much as good solid relationships andcontent partnerships. So much for technology ending print, meanwhile. Infact, if anything the Bowker numbers show that technology is driving printbusinesses for companies like BiblioLife, which uses numerousdistribution partners around the world, to create a dynamic, new publishingbusiness.
I think it is moreexciting for libraries who can leverage their content expertise into beingpublishers at a pretty massive scale. A few copies of each book adds up if youare running a business with lean enough operational overhead. Classic Reprint Series. The Complete Novels of Anthony Trollope. Dover Books on Literature and Drama. New Pocket Library. Cambridge Scholars Publishing Classics Texts.
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