Books In Print

First published in 1948 in a single volume, BiP now cites over 1.35 million titles, 57,600 publishers. Books for College Libraries, Guide to Reference Books and all respectable bibliographies list this classic, virtually imperative, monumental work. Book News has admired the CD-ROM version for a decade much preferable to the paper version if users

For over 50 years, Books In Print has served the library and book trade communities as the definitive bibliographic resource. This fully-updated edition features more than 401,000 new titles and more than 471,000 new ISBNs, to offer unparalleled coverage of the full range of books currently published or distributed in the United States.

The convergence of online book selling, digital printing, digital document workflow management and the computerization of small parcel logistics created a unique opportunity to create a viable commercial model for printing and supplying books on demand. This innovation was swiftly embraced by the academic publishing community heralding the rescue of the languishing academic monograph. The possibilities captured the imagination of creative academic and niche publishers enabling custom publishing, student editions of monographs, self-compiled wiki books and even the establishment of new university presses and open access publishers. The Impact of Print on-Demand on Academic Books takes an in-depth look at this phenomenon by looking back on two decades of innovation, reviewing the present state of academic publishing with respect to works being printed on demand and compiling the current forecasts and speculation about the future of academic and niche publishing given the impact of print on-demand. Presents knowledge on the print-on-demand industry and chronicles developments and their impact on publishing Provides a useful guide for practitioners and students of publishing, and is ideal for academic publishing historians and business academics interested in innovation and digital developments Includes an international perspective, with information from Europe, North America, Australia, and Singapore/China Chronicles business case studies collected from interviews with key individuals from companies who have shaped, or are shaping, the academic POD landscape

A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.