- The Photographic Book: from the digital shot to printin, to distribution of the finished product
- University and General publishing: can Digital Content change the balance?
Asso.It (Italian Association of IT equipment suppliers) and Xplor Italy (Electronic Document Systems Association – Italian Chapter) promote BookForum, first Forum dedicated to digital printing and publishing market.
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22% of the titles in adult miscellaneous are printed digitally, with a growth of 15% compared to the previous year (ISTAT data). The value of the market in Italy generated by the sale of digitally printed books is around € 1.400 billion.
PHOTO BOOK
According to PMA Marketing Research in 2008 the photo book in America invoiced on its own a third of the $951 million coming from the photo products market.
WEB-TO-PRINT
The volume of print jobs coming from Web-to-Print in Europe according to Infotrends will grow by 264% in the next 5 years, reaching the value of €10.5 billion.
SELF PUBLISHING
Self publishing isn’t a replacement for the publishing industry, but it does open up a new market that hasn’t been explored up until now - Bob Young, CEO and founder of Lulu.com
FINISHING
Finishing is also becoming on demand with increasingly effective and dynamic solutions, that can better integrate with and complement digital printing technologies.
PAPER
There are more than 2000 papers available on the market today, and it is necessary to understand which are the most suitable ones for ach application type, from the photo book to prestige publications, and for each print technology used, from inkjet to electrophotographic.
