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Print on Demand and I Mean Right in the Store Next to the Coffee and Bookmarks

By Jane • Dec 21st, 2006 • Category: Publishing News • •

In 2007, On Demand Books is putting 10 to 25 machines in libraries and bookstores. The machine, called “Espresso” can print, bind, cut and spit out two books with full color laminated covers in seven minutes. Price will be about $.05 per page. Via Engadget. Wouldn’t you just love to go in and say “I’ll take hard to find book A, B, and C along with a grande mocha skinny and no whip?” Well, insert your own poison.

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Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways. She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation!
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9 Responses »

  1. Karen Scott on December 22nd, 2006 at 10:30 am:

    Is that half a dollar per page, or 5 cents per page? If it’s half a dollar, then a 238 page book would cost the punters $119. If it’s 5 cents per page, then it would cost £11.90.

    Here’s hoping you meant 5 cents per page (g).

  2. Jane on December 22nd, 2006 at 10:37 am:

    yep - 5 cents. Sorry.:(

  3. sybil on December 22nd, 2006 at 12:39 pm:

    nifty idea… wonder how they will pick the books available to demand…

  4. Tilly Greene on December 22nd, 2006 at 9:12 pm:

    Hmmm, could be interesting…but what if, like every other printer in the world, it coughs and screws up a page or two? I’d still give it a go.

  5. Annalee on December 23rd, 2006 at 4:21 am:

    I can’t wait to see one in action!

  6. CHARLES RANALD on January 3rd, 2007 at 12:55 pm:

    It sounds like a great idea,but the punter has got to be pretty damn sure before parting with his $0.05 per page before pressing the button.

  7. Jecqueline on May 2nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm:

    I so totally cant wait to read this book!!!!!!

  8. Jecqueline on May 2nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm:

    I totally cant wait to read this book!!!!!!

  9. Jecqueline on May 2nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm:

    I cant read this book!!!! Meg Cabot is such an awesome author!!!!!

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