WORLD BANK PORTABLE BOOKMAKING MACHINE
April 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
A PROTOTYPE book-on-demand machine that prints, cuts and binds up to 20 books in an hour has been launched at the World Bank Bookstore in Washington. The Espresso Book Machine uses digital files to "make" books listed on a catalogue. Jason Epstein, creator of the machine and former editorial director of Random House believes his invention could "lower the price of books considerably" because of eliminated shipping and warehousing costs and "could also mean the end of out of print or out of stock books". The machine ...
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