Espresso Book Machine - Print Your Own Books
Blackwell's in London are installing an Espresso Book Machine (EBM) which lets you print books on demand in under 5 minutes.
This isn't the first Espresso Book Machine to be installed but it is the first in the UK. There are 15 installed worldwide, mainly in the USA but also in Canada, Australia and Egypt, a number of them in public libraries, why are there none in public libraries in the UK you may wonder?.
I predict a bright future for the company that makes them - On Demand Books - as people rush to print out books which are now out of print or very difficult to find. I also predict a whole new cottage industry as people buy these machines and set themselves up as publishers - printing on demand any book you are to name. There will also be a future for self-pubishing via this method. if I heard right, the machines cost around $100,000.
The quality of the books printed is identical to that provided by professional printers and the books come complete with 4-colour cover.
Customers at Blackwell's will be able to get their book printed by the espresso book machine printed from April 27 or they can order books online at blackwell.co.uk. or if you have a book on CD or flashdrive you want printed then it can print them too.
The Espresso Book Machine is the creation of On Demand Books. Its revolutionary technology can "print, bind and trim paperback books at 112 pages a minute", and the quality is equivalent to factory printed books.
The Espresso Book Machine will shake up the book industry, and represent an interesting competitor to the Kindle Ebook Reader but just how and to what extent is not yet clear.
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