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Founded in 2004, Gray Technologies Press is a small independent publisher of original works of literary art in print and digital formats. Our focus is on the development of new artists and the application of new publishing technologies on their original works. Our primary goal is to maximize the accessibility, utility, and quality of our products while minimizing the cost of these products to consumers. We continue to strive to meet our goal by persistent research, development, and application of new publishing technologies and methods. For new artists and small publishers, cost is usually THE big problem. To lower reproduction costs of our published titles, we use "publish on demand" technology. Publish on demand requires a digital representation of the work in a digital format that can be processed by the distribution chain. The digital representation of the work is stored in a digital library. When an order is placed, the work is reproduced directly from its digital representation in the library to printing devices that do not require manual typesetting. This allows orders of one copy or a run of many copies but only in the exact quantity required and only at the time of the order. Unit cost is the same regardless of order size and consistency of the product is maximized. This technology and method of use allows publishers and their authors to defer the high cost of storing and maintaining inventories of printed works. This leads to virtually unlimited shelf life and title life. Publish on demand technology and the distribution channels that they serve are relatively new and they are evolving together in both quality and performance. In fact, publish on demand today has evolved quickly to a high-level of quality and performance as demonstrated by our publish on demand service provider, Lightning Source, Inc. Lighting Source provides publish on demand services to publishers of hardcover, paperback, and electronic book titles. Lightning Source is a subsidiary of Ingram Industries Inc. which operates Ingram Book Group, one of the largest wholesale book distributors in the United States. Lightning Source, working with Ingram and its distribution partners Bakery & Taylor, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble, is a fully integrated supply chain which handles title distribution and order fulfillment with wholesalers and booksellers. Most of our time is spent working with our artists to form digital representations of their works for inclusion in our digital library which is linked to Lighting Source. We also work with Lightning Source to ensure the quality and correctness of the final published work. Please let us know if we can be of service to you!