Feb 23 2008
Books Printed On Demand: Fifth Kiosk Up and Live
In snowy, cold Vermont, if Northshire Bookstore does not have the book a reader wants to snuggle with in bed, then it’s possible to try out the Espresso Book Machine (EBM). This bookstore became the fifth location worldwide and the only commercial location to have this print-on-demand machine. The bookstore is testing it out and will provide feedback regarding the interface. The bookstore owner said even the largest booksellers can only house about 100,000 titles in their stores. (But, we all know that you can get many more online!) The print-on- demand machine would make millions of titles accessible to the consumer.
Who said books are dying out? They are just changing their form. At least for this generation and surely a couple to come, readers will have many different choices for books: Go to the local library or bookstore, purchase a book online at a bookstore like BookWise, download a book online or at the bookstore, read an e-book online or with a viewer. Whatever the special way, books are here to stay. 
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