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There was a great session on Print on Demand yesterday. Here are some quick notes: Ingram's POD service, Lighting Source, shared these stats from their service: 500,000+ titles available 14,000,000 printed thus far 1. 3 million printed each month average print run - 1.
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I thought it would be fun to take a cue from Ben and Jackie and ask the 800-CEO-READ crew to compile a list of our favorite things about Milwaukee. Wow, a very passionate discussion ensued -- don't worry about Milwaukeeans failing to supply an opinion. All in all, we came up with a great list.
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Bob Pritchett, CEO of Logos Bible Software, is talking about their direct to customer business model. They have 500,000 users and about 20% of those are returning customers. Their business involves developing electronic versions of religious texts from both acquiring rights for existing publishers and developing original content.
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Jack and Todd were recently interviewed for an article in the Summer 2007 edition of Executive Living, a special publication of Milwaukee's Business Journal. The story is about current reading trends in corporate book clubs. What you can't see is the rest of us making faces at them behind the photographer.
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The WSJ published their Journal Report this weekend. The topic: Business Insights. Inside are book recommendations and articles on outsourcing, change, growth, strategic execution officers (SEOs), and something we're currently working on -- virtual teams -- 10 rules for making them work.
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