ON-DEMAND BOOK MACHINE
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank has hailed the development opportunities offered by a new on-demand book publishing machine, that prints, cuts and binds up to 20 books an hour, recently launched at the bank's Washington DC bookstore. The Espresso Book Machine uses digital files to make books listed on a catalogue submitted by publishers or institutions such as universities. A bank statement said the machine could bring books to countries lacking established publishing retail networks: "On a global scale, this would eliminate the costs of shipping ...
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