Odyssey Press Named Taylor & Francis North American Distribute-and-Print Partner
2007-12-10

Gonic, NH November 23, 2007-- The Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., of Oxford, UK, named Odyssey Press as the North American print partner in an announcement to launch their global pilot initiative to distribute and print (D&P) their scholarly journals. The journals will be published and distributed simultaneously on three continents, Europe, North America and Asia for this pilot program. “The goal of this program is to deliver the journals to the subscribers faster, and in better condition while, minimizing our client’s carbon footprint”, said Tad Parker, President of Odyssey Press. He continued, “in the past all the journals were printed in one location and flown all over the world to the subscribers. This new publishing model prints and distributes the journal locally, there by, eliminating the need for air transport.”

Upon successful completion of the pilot program, this distribute and print system will be expanded up to accommodate many more of the Taylor and Francis journal titles. The D&P network can also be scaled up to include more print locations around the globe. The three printers involved in this pilot program are members of the International Printers Network (IPN). The IPN is comprised of 50 member companies with over 150 locations, that stand ready to create a larger network for Taylor & Francis that has greater global coverage and granularity. Matthew Howells, the Director of Global Production and Distribution for Taylor & Francis stated, ”This could be the beginning of a global print on demand network that will revolutionise the publishing and distribution models of scholarly journals.”

About Taylor & Francis UK:

Taylor & Francis, with its headquarters in Oxford, has been publishing academic journals and books since 1798 and is part of Informa, the publishing and events business. Taylor & Francis publishes journals worldwide across many different subject areas and has its main production operations in Oxford, Philadelphia and Melbourne.

About Odyssey Press Inc. (OPI):

Founded in 1989 Odyssey Press Inc. (OPI) is The Original Ultrashort Run Printer serving the scholarly, scientific, technical, and medical publishing industry. OPI is creating digital production workflows and systems that assist their clients in attaining their publishing goals.  (www.odysseypress.com)

Contact: Kevin Pirkey, Vice President at 717-225-9477 or via email at kevin@odysseypress.com

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