Frustrating 'out-of-print' and 'out-of-stock' books will become a thing of the past with a new machine that prints books on demand. In the future, any novel, manual, journal or academic title, no matter how old or new can be printed in just under five minutes. Blackwell launched the Espresso Book Machine® (the "EBM") this last April at its London flagship store in Charing Cross, which currently holds more than 400,000 publications. By summer there will be over a million titles available, the equivalent of 23.6 miles worth of shelving or over 50 bookshops rolled into one, in a machine the size of a photocopier. FULL STORY
The Archive says: This is definitely an exciting development, in that it means no book need ever be out of print. And although there are some downsides to this for smaller scale authors the positives do, I feel, outweigh the negatives.
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There needs to be some changes in contracts then for authors, but in general I agree with you. It's a positive thing.
Yeah, I echo your thoughts.
Worth further investigation. An alternative/competitor to the Lulu system for POD books? For publishers not using templates but already preparing professionally finished PDF files for both text and one-piece covers, it does at a first glance look possible.
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