Lightning Source is a business unit of Ingram Content Group Inc. Ingram Content Group Inc. The company is the leading printer and distributor of print-on-demand books. Originally incorporated in 1997 as Lightning Print Inc., the company is headquartered in La Vergne, Tennessee. Its U.K. operations are based in Milton Keynes. They also have operations in Maurepas, France and Melbourne, Australia.
Lightning Source has printed over 120,000,000 books for over 24,000 publishers around the world. The Lightning Source digital library holds over 7.6 million books and adds several hundred thousand each month.
Lightning Source works with publishers, unlike some other print-on-demand service providers such as Lulu that work directly with authors. The company prints books in any quantity, from as little as a single copy, and has local printing plant supplying the book distribution chains in the U.S. and Europe. It gives its customers access to the most comprehensive bookselling channel in the industry in both the United States and the United Kingdom, including distribution partners Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Gardners and Bertrams.
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