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Amazon In-House Print-on-Demand Policy Irks Small Publishers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 1, 2008 - 9:45am.

Seattle - Online bookseller Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has changed its policy with regard to its print-on-demand service for publishers, now requiring that print-on-demand books listed for sale on its site actually be printed through its own BookSurge service, instead of by any third-parties.

Amazon.com Acquires Print-On-Demand Firm BookSurge

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 5, 2005 - 4:00am.

North Charleston, S.C. -- BookSurge, a South Carolina-based provider of inventory-free book printing and fulfillment services, has been acquired by online retail giant Amazon.com. The acquisition price was not disclosed. BookSurge maintains a catalog of thousands of titles that can be printed on-demand and are available for sale on Amazon.com. BookSurge offers its fulfillment network to publishers, authors and wholesalers. The company was founded in 2000.

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