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HarperCollins US is offering bookstores access to thousands of its backlist titles through a new in-store print on demand programme.
Digital to Print at Retail (DPR) will sell editions using the agency model and the publisher is expecting US independents that have the print on demand Espresso Book Machine will join the programme.
Brian Murray, president and c.e.o. of HarperCollins, said: "Even as digital book sales grow, bookstores continue to be an important place for customers to shop for physical books. The goal of this initiative is to give the local bookseller the capability to provide customers with a greater selection of HarperCollins titles in a physical environment.
"For authors this is a win; titles will be more broadly available, which increases sales with full print royalties. Depending on the size of the store, 25%-80% of our backlist titles are not stocked due to physical space limitations. DPR technology means the books will be there for the consumer at small and large bookshops.”
Jeffrey Mayersohn, owner of Harvard Bookstore in Massachusetts, said: “The ability to have available any book that our customers could possibly ask for is key to our vision of how to thrive in this challenging environment.”