MANAGING TECHNOLOGY: Print on Demand: What Librarians Should Know.

The article discusses Print on Demand, or POD, services as well as the advantages and disadvantages to library use of the services. It notes that print on demand is used to print small runs of books, advanced copies of titles for review, and reproductions of out-of-print titles. It reports problems with the use of print on demand for the publication of nonfiction materials, due to the absence of a process to provide editorial control. Collaboration between traditional commercial presses and print on demand services, the proliferation of e-books, and publishing shifts to meet the changing U.S. demographic are also discussed.