POD service

POD service

What is POD?

POD - Print On Demand - is an innovative and revolutionary service offered by Rotomail Italia and dedicated to all the publishers distributed.

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What is POD for?

POD allows to print books –even in just one copy- only when triggered by an actual sale or when  requested by the market.

Books managed this way are always in-print and available for sale, even if they are not physically in bookstores or warehouses.

The printing process will only be activated after receiving a request for the book (even just one copy) from a customer.

This way, the publisher will no longer have to manage a physical warehouse of copies of a title, only a “virtual” warehouse.

Thanks to this website, Rotomail Italia makes an on-line archive available, where the publisher can add and manage the titles it decides to catalogue for POD.

What we offer

Using its Personal Area, the publisher can:

  • Manage its account data: invoicing data, delivery data, payment data, contracts and account management.
  • Manage the titles in its catalogue: addition, editing and deletion of titles, quotations and orders for test copies.
  • Monitor orders from book shops managed by distributor.
  • Display records of past orders and invoices.

POD advantages for publishers

   

  • Revive backlist sales and ensure every title in your catalogue is always in-print so you never miss a sale 
  • Reduce traditional warehouse storing and its expenses: POD allows to print books in the exact amount needed, This way POD has become an alternative to warehousing
  • Reduction in returns, book stocks and pulping
  • Books are always fresh off the press, thanks to on demand production

At the moment, POD service is avaible only for publishers distributed by Messaggerie Libri.
If you are a publisher distributed by Messaggerie Libri, please visit: www.podeditori.it.
If you are a publisher NOT distributed by Messaggerie Libricontact us.
If you are a distributor and you want to activate POD service for your publishers, contact us.

 


For support, further information or clarification of doubts, visit the “FAQ” page or contact us at podrotomail@rotomail.it or +39 02 251501.

How does it work?

1

The publisher decides to catalogue some of titles as POD.

2

They sign up on the website, enter into the POD contract with Rotomail and the distributor, and upload titles to the archive  (technical specifications and PDF files).

3

A Customer orders a book catalogued as POD in one of the book shops (traditional or online) managed by the distributor.

4

The distributor collects orders from all the book shops and sends an order file to Rotomail every day.

5

Rotomail Italia prints the books and delivers them to the distributor warehouse.

6

The distributor handles the distribution, delivering to the book shop or to the final Customer, based on the initial order type.