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There's one here in Melbourne already, out of 15 in the world. http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations
by 10ren 17y ago
There's one here in Melbourne already, out of 15 in the world. http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm We usually get cool stuff last.
$US100,000 is a long way from mass-market, but we already have cheap home/office colour laser printers, so it seems conceivable. Imagine one in every library, kinkos, post office, video store... very science fiction.
- NathanKP 17y agoYeah it is very far off from the mass-market yet. And the problem is that before the price goes down it will have to reach a sort of saturation point after which its own popularity will take over. You're lucky to live near on of the fifteen in the world. ;)
- 10ren 17y agoActually, it doesn't sound too promising: This bookstore has an Espresso Book Machine which sometimes works. http://www.librarything.com/venue/34802/Angus-&-Robertson---Melbourne-CBD---Cnr-Bourke-&-Elizabeth-Streets http://www.librarything.com/venue/34802/Angus-&-Robertso...
- 10ren 17y agoI went and had a look, but it wasn't running. Apparently, it's usually on between 10am and 3pm (though that's not stated on their website). There was a sample book, and though the cover and binding were great, the printing was a significantly less bold than a real book. Maybe low toner, but that was the show-off "sample" book... The print also looked just like those pdf's you see of scanned books - not as good as a real book. I was unimpressed, because I think it could easily look much better. The catalog is only about 100 books, more expensive than I'd thought, starting at about $16 AUD (about $14 USD). Range should change with Google's massive out-of-copyright catalog - price too, I hope.