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Wilska is aware that starting a publishing business is complicated and involves an investment in time and money. Troy Book Makers has its own staff, for example. But while the company is just setting up operations, Wilska believes it is possible that the POD business could expand to four or five storefronts.
Expansion was the result at Book Ends in Ridgewood, N.J., the first independent to install an InstaBook machine. In March, Book Ends co-owner Walter Boyer sold his share of the print-on-demand business to his former partner Tim Harper and business manager James Potter, who relocated the operation and renamed it Long Dash Publishing. "It had done better than anyone had imagined," said Potter. "But it also reached a plateau. We wanted to try new things." Among them, he said, is expanding the POD operation by becoming a trade publisher with distribution to Ingram and other wholesalers. Book Ends continues to carry some of Long Dash's books and to refer customers to the publisher.
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