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Print On Demand? Oh, the shame. Oh, the stigma. At the World Bank? Yup. According to an article in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers, On Demand Books of New York City has placed a kiosk called The Espresso Book Machine at the World Bank, an agency of the United Nations.
The kiosk can retrieve the files for a book and prints it while the customer waits. A three hundred page perfect bound trade paperback only takes about four minutes. The machine prints four color covers, with interior photos or diagrams in black and white. A computer adjacent to the machine shows visitors the list of available titles. At this time the World Bank only offers its own titles, but machines are planned for other locations including the New York Public Library.
As soon as a book is bound, a digital rights management system transmits royalties to the content owner. The production cost is estimated at about one cent per page. Customers are charged seventy five percent of the original cover price.
This would be great for buying and selling hard to find and out of print books. Imagine a bookstore in a small town, able to carry unlimited titles. They’d be able to stick to the real book store business, selling foo-foo coffee, muffins and newspapers!
You can learn more by visiting OnDemandBooks.Com or you can view a video of the Espresso Book Machine producing a book Here.
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By: Leopold (Guest) on 28-05-2007 10:12