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New POD machine unveiled
The first Espresso Book Machine (EBM), which prints and delivers books on demand within minutes, was revealed at the New York Public Library yesterday (21st June). The EBM is a product of On Demand Books, the company founded by publishing executive Jason Epstein and business partner Dane Neller, who predict that it will revolutionise publishing.
Library users will have the opportunity to print free copies of such public domain classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Moby Dick, A Christmas Carol and Songs of Innocence, as well as appropriately themed in-copyright titles as Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail and Jason Epstein’s own Book Business. The public domain titles were provided by the Open Content Alliance, a non-profit organization with a database of over 200,000 titles.
According to On Demand Books, the EBM, which is available for sale to libraries and retailers, can potentially allow readers anywhere to obtain within minutes, almost any book title in any language, whether or not the book is in print.
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