{"id":5746,"date":"2013-10-11T13:45:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allandouglas.com\/blog\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:40","slug":"print-on-demand-bookmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/print-on-demand-bookmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Espresso Book Machine: Print on Demand Bookmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/baristaworkshop.blogspot.com\/p\/espresso-for-beginners.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 5px;\" alt=\"espresso, print on demand, books\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2891\/10211346856_3de85ecce0_o_d.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No, not THAT kind of espresso!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>P.O.D. (Print on Demand) book machines have been in use in companies like CreateSpace and Lightning Source for years.\u00a0 Using these machines they are able to print your books as they are sold \u2013 one at a time if need be &#8211;\u00a0 instead of having to do print runs of thousands (or tens of thousands) of copies as a traditional offset press would.\u00a0 That means you, the author\/publisher, don\u2019t have to spend thousands of dollars on printing costs up front and don\u2019t have to pay for storage of the books while waiting for them to be sold.\u00a0 Print them as you need them: what could be better?<\/p>\n<p>A recent development in the world of Print on Demand brings this capability to a wider variety of businesses; even libraries.\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qJUla8xJ5BM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nIf your browser won&#8217;t play it [<a title=\"Watch Espresso Book Machine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJUla8xJ5BM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View on YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t that fascinating?<\/p>\n<h1>New Uses for Print on Demand<\/h1>\n<p>What\u2019s even more fascinating is the fact that Print on Demand machines are already being used not only by digital printers like CreateSpace and L.S., but are installed in larger libraries.\u00a0 That\u2019s right, this technology is already being used to solve the space problems of large libraries: instead of shelving the less-used books, order and print them as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Bookstores are also using them as Print on Demand book vending machines; books made while you wait.\u00a0 I can see a future where bookstores shelve one copy of each popular title for shoppers to see and handle, then print a copy for you when you buy.\u00a0 This would all but eliminate the heart-break of print book returns for authors as well as easing storage and display space constraints in the stores.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomburg.com reports that Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge, Mass. has an Espresso Book Machine that patters along constantly, printing about 1,500 books a month. \u00a0Roughly two-thirds of those are self-published, says owner Jeff Mayersohn.<sup>[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The store charges authors a $70 set-up fee and $10 per copy for a 200-page book, with discounts for volume. Customers often print books of home recipes, family diaries, or academic theses. One title, a memoir about growing up under Mussolini, became a store bestseller.\u00a0 In addition to self-published books, the EBM can print public domain works from <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/?hl=en\">Google Books<\/a> and titles that publishers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/\">HarperCollins<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com:80\/search\/books\">Simon &amp; Schuster<\/a> have agreed to license.<\/p>\n<p>Users say that before it can become commercially viable for most bookstores the price will need to come down and the speed will need to go up.\u00a0 But the technology is definitely getting there.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, it could be that one day these things will become kiosks in the mall!\u00a0 What do you think THAT will do to the publishing industry?<\/p>\n<h1>Resources:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Here\u2019s a web page that <a href=\"http:\/\/ondemandbooks.com\/ebm_locations.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lists EBM locations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>1<\/sup>More details from Bloomburg.com<\/li>\n<li>An older video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q946sfGLxm4\">about the EBM<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MSU Library\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kXr5mcGCxmk\">EBM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P.O.D. (Print on Demand) book machines have been in use in companies like CreateSpace and Lightning Source for years.&nbsp; Using these machines they are able to print your books as they are sold &ndash; one at a time if need be &ndash;&nbsp; instead of having to do print runs of thousands (or tens of thousands) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/print-on-demand-bookmaker\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Espresso Book Machine: Print on Demand Bookmaker&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[3,83,9],"class_list":["post-5746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publishing-2","tag-books","tag-print","tag-publishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21524,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5746\/revisions\/21524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}