Baker & Taylor Launches New Digital Print on Demand Platform
29 May 2009 - 2:15AM
PR Newswire (US)
- Collaboration with RR Donnelley to Drive Efficiencies for
Publishers and Streamline Book Supply Chain - CHARLOTTE, N.C., May
28 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world's largest
distributor of physical and digital books and entertainment
products, today announced that RR Donnelley, the world's premier
provider of print and print-related services, has been chosen to
establish and manage a Digital Print on Demand Center in Baker
& Taylor's Momence, Ill. distribution and value-added services
center. This on-site facility will combine with other RR Donnelley
Digital Print Facilities to provide industry-leading digital print
and bind capabilities for Baker & Taylor's publisher partners
and for its clients across multiple industries worldwide.
"Selecting RR Donnelley as our Print on Demand provider is another
example of Baker & Taylor's ongoing strategy to partner with
best-of-breed technology providers that offer new value added
products and services to our suppliers and to our customer base,"
said Tom Morgan, CEO of Baker & Taylor. "Our new Print on
Demand platform strengthens our ability to drive efficiencies
within our physical and digital distribution platform." The Print
on Demand Platform, slated to launch in early September, gives
Baker & Taylor suppliers worldwide an easier way to manage
their inventory and allows customers to order inventoried product
with on-demand books via one order entry system. Put simply,
libraries, book sellers and publishers can rest assured that Baker
& Taylor will get into readers' hands the titles they want -
from best sellers to classics to lesser-known works - when they
want them. "We are very pleased to have been chosen by Baker &
Taylor to use our digital print on demand capabilities to help
reinvent the book supply chain," said Thomas J. Quinlan III, RR
Donnelley's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We look forward
to putting our new digital print delivery model to work for Baker
& Taylor as they offer their customers the opportunity to order
only the books they need, when they need them, in quantities from
one to thousands." "As book production continues to move to an
on-demand model, Baker & Taylor is well positioned to manage
this migration for our publishers and our clients," said Bob
Nelson, Baker & Taylor's Executive Vice President of Global
Business Development. "We are excited to bring an enhanced
on-demand model for ordering books through Baker & Taylor's
systems, which are used daily by more than 40,000 customers
worldwide." The collaboration with RR Donnelley is Baker &
Taylor's latest step in bringing comprehensive Digital Media
Services to market, solidifying its position as the provider of
choice for physical and digital media distribution. This new and
robust Print on Demand platform enhances Baker & Taylor's
service offerings for publishers, maximizing the revenue generated
from their intellectual property, while lowering their costs of
warehousing, freight, inventory and product obsolescence. About
Baker & Taylor Baker & Taylor, Inc. (http://www.btol.com/)
is a global information and entertainment services company that
offers print and digital books and entertainment products along
with value-added services to libraries, educational institutions
and retailers. Based in Charlotte, N.C., the company has been in
existence for more than 180 years, developing long-term
relationships with major suppliers, including book publishers,
movie studios, and music labels. Baker & Taylor maintains one
of the largest combined in-stock book, video and music inventories
in the United States, and services the broadest customer base in
the industry. Baker & Taylor is majority owned by Castle Harlan
Partners IV, L.P., a leading private equity investment firm. About
RR Donnelley RR Donnelley (NYSE:RRD) is the world's premier
full-service provider of print and related services, including
business process outsourcing. Founded more than 144 years ago, the
company provides products and solutions in commercial printing,
direct mail, financial printing, print fulfillment, labels, forms,
logistics, call centers, transactional print-and-mail, print
management, online services, digital photography, color services,
and content and database management to customers in the publishing,
healthcare, advertising, retail, technology, financial services and
many other industries. The largest companies in the world and
others rely on RR Donnelley's scale, scope and insight through a
comprehensive range of online tools, variable printing services and
market-specific solutions. DATASOURCE: Baker & Taylor, Inc.
CONTACT: Amy Baldwin of Baker & Taylor, +1-704-998-3136, ; Doug
Fitzgerald of RR Donnelley, +1-630-322-6830, Web Site:
http://www.btol.com/
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