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Information technology is being increasingly used to… make books. And now anyone can print them:
…Espresso Book Machine… can print black-and-white text for a 300-page paperback with a four-color cover, and bind it together in three minutes.
So says Jason Epstein, former Random House editorial director, whose new company, On Demand Books, developed the print-on-demand machine. Apparently considered “affordable,” the press will cost “under $100,000.” As the article in PublishersWeekly.com says, this will mean that stores such as Kinko’s or Wal-Mart can go into the book-selling business. Great. On a more upbeat note, the New York Public Library will acquire . . . [more]