Wednesday 28. October 2009
Worldcolor and Macmillan Sign Multi-year Agreement to Print Estimated 800 Million Books
Worldcolor (TSX: WC, WC.U) has signed one of the largest book printing agreements in North America. The multi-year agreement with Macmillans New York based U.S. operations involves the printing, over the term, of approximately 800 million major trade bestsellers, textbooks and mass market (paperback) books, based on current projections. Also included in the agreement are related warehousing and distribution services. The agreement renews and expands a long-running service relationship with the publisher, whose signature imprints include many of the best known names in book publishing such as St. Martins Press, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt, Tor, Forge, Bedford/St. Martin’s, and W.H. Freeman and Worth Publishers. The agreement also adds new value added services to the scope of the relationship.