http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/01/21/the-espresso-book-machine/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:29:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/01/21/the-espresso-book-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Lightning Source Teams Up with the Espresso Book Machine | Self-Publishing Review Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:44:29 +0000 http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/?p=629#comment-145 [...] Dear Author comes the news that the Espresso Book Machine is teaming up with Lightning Source to provide access to 85,000 titles from 13 publishers, [...] [...] Dear Author comes the news that the Espresso Book Machine is teaming up with Lightning Source to provide access to 85,000 titles from 13 publishers, [...]

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/01/21/the-espresso-book-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Francis Hamit Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:18:32 +0000 http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/?p=629#comment-144 This device has been predicted and touted for about 15 years now. The problem is that, to be used economically, the store has to wait until the book is ordered...and the customer has to wait. If there's a line the customer has to wait a very long time. When the machine is idle it consumes resources such as power. This is the reason that POD went to an online solution; it allows thousands of books per day to be printed at a central location and shipped economically. The conclusion I heard from bookstore professionals when I did a story on this for Advanced Imaging was that mechanical problems (it's basically a fancy photocopier) and customer impatience would make it more trouble than it was worth. Also the cost of the book and the margins therefrom would be lower than conventionally printed products. This device has been predicted and touted for about 15 years now. The problem is that, to be used economically, the store has to wait until the book is ordered…and the customer has to wait. If there’s a line the customer has to wait a very long time. When the machine is idle it consumes resources such as power. This is the reason that POD went to an online solution; it allows thousands of books per day to be printed at a central location and shipped economically. The conclusion I heard from bookstore professionals when I did a story on this for Advanced Imaging was that mechanical problems (it’s basically a fancy photocopier) and customer impatience would make it more trouble than it was worth. Also the cost of the book and the margins therefrom would be lower than conventionally printed products.

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