Developments in Book Printing

CONTENTS......Page 3 List of tables......Page 5 List of figures......Page 6 Executive summary......Page 7 1 Introduction......Page 9 2 Market overview......Page 11 3 Raw materials: book papers and inks......Page 19 4 Book preparation: prepress goes digital......Page 27 5 From offset to digital: book printing in transition......Page 33 6 Book finishing: the modern post-press process......Page 45 7 On-demand printing: the coming revolution......Page 51 8 Futureshock: e-books, online publishing and electronic paper......Page 61 9 Lightning Source......Page 69