The New Face of Book Manufacturing: Lakeside Book Company

Operating for more than 160 years, Lakeside Book partners with publishers of all sizes across diverse sectors such as trade, religion, education, healthcare, government, and business. The company provides solutions throughout the entire book supply chain, including paper sourcing, offset and digital book printing, industry-leading decorated components, kitting, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution.

The New Face of Book Manufacturing: Independent Publishers Group

Seven years ago, seismic changes in the industry compelled Independent Publishers Group to expand its business from book distribution to printing. Clark Matthews, IPG’s vice president and general manager of book manufacturing and warehousing services, says that the company’s publisher clients were looking to minimize risk.

The New Face of Book Manufacturing: Ingram Content Group

Founded more than 50 years ago, Ingram Content Group began addressing the need for a new print paradigm in 1989, when the company launched its printon-demand business, Lightning Source.

The New Face of Book Manufacturing: Gasch Printing

Gasch Printing, a family-owned, all-digital book printer based in Maryland, specializes in affordable short-run book manufacturing for publishers across the United States.

The New Face of Book Manufacturing: Friesens Corporation

Employee engagement is a challenge that cuts across industries, particularly as technology can limit interpersonal interactions and keep eyes glued to screens. Friesens Corporation, founded in 1907, has an employee-ownership model that Ryan Hildebrand, the company’s senior VP of books, says gives every employee an ownership mindset—and thus a customer mindset.

The New Face of Book Manufacturing: Sheridan

Sheridan, a constant in the print and publishing industry for centuries, is part CJK Group, a family of integrated companies. This affiliation enables Sheridan to offer the personalized service and attention to detail of a dedicated printing partner paired with the capacity, resources, and diverse options of a larger organization.

The New Face of Book Manufacturing: Bradford & Bigelow

Educational publishers have needs that differ from those of the industry at large. The books used in K–12 schools, colleges, churches, and home schools—workbooks, activity books, textbooks, coloring books, teachers’ guides—are, for instance, frequently printed on 8.5-by-11 letter-sized paper. Book manufacturer Bradford & Bigelow specializes in this market.

The New Face of Book Manufacturing: Books International

Books International has weathered shifting market trends by building from its foundational business—pick-pack-ship fulfillment services—to include digital book manufacturing via print-on-demand, automated stock replenishment, and/or traditional printfirst strategies.

The New Face of Book Manufacturing

From leading the charge on environmental concerns to changing the possibilities of how, and when, publishers can get product to market, book printers and manufacturers are bringing important innovations to the industry.

Beyond the Book: Natasha Smith's 'Black Woman Grief'

Author and podcast host Natasha Smith tackles grief that is specific to Black women in her new book 'Black Woman Grief' (InterVarsity Press, Feb. 2025). PW talked with her about providing ways for Black women to address their grief and how Scripture can be a source of healing. (Sponsored)

Higher Learning 2025: Wits University Press

Wits University Press is the oldest university press in South Africa. Today, it publishes scholarship from all over the southern African region to provide recognition for African research and to influence global debates about the south more broadly.

PW Studio: Higher Learning 2025: University of the West Indies Press

A critical source for Caribbean scholarship and research, the University of the West Indies Press aims to enhance, encourage, and disseminate Caribbean works and authors and to promote the reputation of the University of the West Indies, the press says, “by empowering the scholarly community it serves and ensuring that the university and its scholars stand at the forefront of global conversations.”

Higher Learning 2025: Wesleyan University Press

PW Studio: Higher Learning 2025: Wayne State University Press

Founded in 1941 in Detroit, Mich., Wayne State University Press has cultivated deep relationships with readers across the city and the state—connections that remain integral to its culture and heritage.

Higher Learning 2025: The University of Vermont Press

Formerly an imprint of the University Press of New England—a university press consortium that published and distributed print books from 1970 to 2018—the University of Vermont Press was reestablished in 2023. A diamond open access scholarly publisher, UVM Press forgoes author processing fees to provide digital books and journals that are free to read and download online.

Higher Learning 2025: University of Texas Press

Rich in history and tradition, the University of Texas Press, established in 1950, is a storied book and journal publisher based in Austin where “the life experiences, insights, and specialized knowledge of writers converge.”

Higher Learning 2025: University of Ottawa Press

Located in Ottawa, Canada’s national capital, Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press is the publishing house of the University of Ottawa, one of the top 10 research-intensive universities in the country and the largest bilingual university in the world.

Higher Learning 2025: U.S. Armed Forces Presses

The top five U.S. Armed Forces presses in the country—each affiliated with a U.S. Armed Forces university—publish works offering unmatched expertise and insights that illuminate military history and experience.

Higher Learning 2025: The University of Oklahoma Press

Based in Norman, Okla., since 1928, the University of Oklahoma Press was the first university press in the Southwest. Long a leading publisher of books about the American West and the Native American experience, the press also produces books in the fields of environmental history, classical studies, and military history and works for instructors in higher education.

Higher Learning 2025: Mercer University Press

Located in Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press has been publishing great books in the fields of Southern studies, religion, and philosophy for 45 years, since 1979.