Print on Demand in the UK
April 30th, 2009
UK bookseller Blackwell is launching a trial of the Espresso Book Machine, which can print books on demand in less than five minutes. Blackwell currently has 500,000 titles available and hopes for a full million by the end of the summer. This is one of those things that just begs the question, “Why isn’t this already in use everywhere?” But with the rising popularity of eBook readers such as the Amazon Kindle, I wonder about the long-term popularity of on-demand print services.
Link #1: http://www.guardian.co.uk/…
(via Slashdot)
Link #2: http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/…
