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Not only digital books, but Print-On-Demand books as well. POD is just-in-time inventory.
by bhewes 15y ago
Not only digital books, but Print-On-Demand books as well. POD is just-in-time inventory.
- protomyth 15y agoThis is actually the direction I wish B&N (and perhaps Kodak) had gone. POD would be perfect for a large bookstore chain because they could print a book in the back room staying with the instant gratification theme of a store.
- tstegart 15y agoI've seen it in small bookstores. I think the McNally Jackson Bookstore in SoHo in NYC has a printer for people to use.
- glhaynes 15y agoPOD seems to give up some of the main exclusive features that remain to physical books: high quality of layout, printing, binding, etc. If I'm just gonna get a poor quality physical book out of the deal, 9 times out of 10 I'm gonna just go with an ebook instead.
- protomyth 15y agoSome of the printers are very nice quality (we got a couple of POD in the mail recently), and yes, a majority of the early ones were horrible. Layout is a function of format, but it looks like a couple of the companies have the binding / paper / print quality worked out.
- earino 15y agoi work for a POD manufacturer and I have to tell you, for a very large segment of the printing industry, the last 12-24 months have seen a shift where POD may have higher quality standards than traditional offset. inclusion of full color full bleed printing, etc... and the quality is there. are all POD providers doing this? no. but the standard is being set very high.
- tsotha 15y agoThe price, too. The last POD book I got cost me $127 plus shipping.
- earino 15y agoMy goodness gracious!!! What book was this?!?
- tsotha 15y agohttp://www.amazon.com/RIGID-AIRSHIP-TREATISE-DESIGN-PERFORMANCE/dp/B004Q2I53W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328691775&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/RIGID-AIRSHIP-TREATISE-DESIGN-PERFORMA... You could pick one up used for a mere $213.50. I got a deal :)
- abecedarius 15y agoDon't most non-POD books these days have a low-quality binding anyway? That's the biggest reason I buy so many fewer books now than 15 years ago: I feel like I'm getting extruded book product.