The second podcast of the series discusses how the impact of Covid-19 has changed both how publishers print now and in the future? How are production needs changing for publishers? 

Our moderator is Mr Simon Crump. Simon is a publishing professional who has been in the business for 25 years. He has worked for a number of major publishing houses in academic publishing, amongst them, Cambridge University Press and Elsevier. He started at the Institute Of Materials in London, where he learned the end to end production process from manuscript to bound book. Since then, as his career has progressed, he has moved towards the manufacturing process; there's nothing Simon loves more than a beautifully printed and bound book.

This discussion focusses on how the publishing industry has adapted and changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a world that was already facing continuous technological changes and environmental challenges, this podcast discussion covers the topic from both a print and production perspective.

Joining Simon in this discussion are Cathy Felgar. Jude Gates, Gareth Jarrett and Barbara Scheuer-Arit. Cathy Felgar is Publishing Operations Director at Princeton University Press, where she leads the editorial manufacturing and digital production teams. Current initiatives include the life cycle of the book, new options to global prints and distribution, DEI at PUP and within publishing and the best practices in new titles metadata release.

Jude Gates has been working in publishing production for over 20 years, in legal and trade publishing. She is Production Director and Director of Faber Factory at Faber and Faber. She manages these teams that work on all print and digital products to support the independent publishing sector in the UK, through ebook distribution and conversion and print services. 

Gareth Jarrett has spent 26 years in publishing, starting his career in trade publishing with the Penguin Group and more recently working in academic publishing with Taylor and Francis, where he is now Director of Book Publishing Services. Whilst at T&F, he oversaw the expansion of the printing on-demand program that now has over 200,000 ISBNs available in POD in up to five markets, which alongside conventional stock, aims to maximize availability of T&S large stable of titles across the globe without flooding the planet with an excess of books.

And finally, Barbara Scheuer-Arlt, Vice President Production at Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, Germany. Barbara has been in publishing for 25 years; the last five years with Penguin. She is also responsible for environmental issues on behalf of the Penguin Group, including an international role at Pearson's.

Barbara Scheuer-Arlt (Penguin Random House, Germany)
Cathy Felgar (Princeton University Press, USA)
Dave Barrett (Taylor & Francis, UK)
Jude Gates (Faber and Faber, UK)
Simon Crump (Publishing Consultant) MODERATOR