An ATM for books
Koosi is skeptical about instant publishing.
It’s not elegant: it looks like a large photocopier. But the Espresso Book Machine could herald the biggest change for the literary world since Gutenberg invented his printing press more than 500 years ago.
Unveiled today at Blackwell’s Charing Cross Road branch, in central London, the machine prints and binds books in five minutes.
Blackwell’s unveils Espresso book machine—Any title printed while you wait, in the Guardian.
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April 27th, 2009 at 13:16
Oh God. In college (two years ago!) I had the exact same idea that I used in a plate in Fine Arts – but it dispenses readings for UP students and has options for digital transfer (to conserve paper). Dang, idea robbed for the second time! Why are we in the Third World?