POD Book Model Gains Notoriety —Cagle

A RECENT issue of Time magazine showed the publication’s list of “The Best Inventions of the Year.” Among the technologies: The Espresso Book Machine by On Demand Books.

The Espresso churns out books, not cappuccino, in very short order; in fact a 300-page paperback with color cover can be produced in a mere three minutes, or 15-20 library quality paperbacks per hour. And speaking of threes, production costs for the Espresso comes out to a mere $3 a shot. The machine costs $50,000, and the Time blurb predicted it could “transform libraries into mini-bookstores, making hard-to-find titles as accessible as cappuccinos.”