Amazon to Print Books on Demand

Online retail giant Amazon has acquired US-based print-on-demand company BookSurge. The privately owned inventory-free book printing and fulfilment company based in South Carolina already provides a print-on-demand service for out-of-print or hard-to-find books, available for sale on Amazon.com or as a service to other publishers and authors. And other retailers, wholesalers and distributors use its wholesale platform, called BookSurge Direct. But Amazon hopes the deal will primarily allow it to offer a wider range of more rare titles, including foreign language translations, to its readers