Baker & Taylor Inc, the US book distributor has joined forces with R.R.Donnelley, a print solutions provider to establish and run a print-on-demand digital book production center at Baker & Taylor’s distribution plant in Illinois. This looks to be the last commercial deal to be put in place before the POD distribution plant opens in September this year.

This will place Baker & Taylor in a strong position in the POD book production market and pitches them against the Ingram Group, who own Lightning Source, and Amazon who own Booksurge.