History repeats itself
A new publishing project at Cambridge University Press will
make classic history titles available to a whole new generation
of readers.
Using state-of-the-art digital printing techniques, Cambridge
University Press will be publishing in paperback a large range
of titles that would previously have been available only in
hardback. They will also be able to revive titles that are
now out of print.
Richard Fisher, Director of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Group, said:
"This is the first time a programme like this has been
undertaken and it is a wonderfully flexible resource. Many
of these books have fallen out of print because demand is
not high enough for them to be sustained using traditional
printing methods. But using digital printing, we can produce
small numbers of a large range of books very cost-effectively."
The programme, while still in an experimental phase, is open-ended.
If it is successful, it will quickly make hundreds of paperback
editions available and could also extend beyond history to
other subject areas.
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