Digital publishing services provider Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), US, has announced a partnership with bibliographic information provider Bowker to better serve the self-publishing market. Bowker Identifier Services will now offer self-publishers DCL's robust EPUB on Demand eBook Product Service through Bowker's MyIdentifiers.com website.
A study by Bowker Market Research shows dramatic growth of the self-publishing market. The number of self-published books produced annually in the US has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, tallying more than 235,000 print and 'e' titles at of the end of 2011. While print accounts for 63 percent of self-published books, e-books are gaining fast. E-book production in 2011 was 87,201, up 129 percent over 2010. In contrast, print grew 33 percent in the same period.
DCL's EPUB on Demand is an online submission portal that allows authors, publishers, and other users to benefit from the same powerful resources dedicated to larger clients and organisations while streamlining the process.
