You've heard of the Espresso, right? Not the coffee, the book machine. This image is from its manufacturer's website. Note all the cool glass. You can watch it work!
What does it do? Well, here is how OnDemandBooks summarizes what its Espresso Book Machine® makes:
Library quality paperbacks at low cost, identical to factory made books, printed direct from digital files for the reader in minutes, serving a radically decentralized world-wide multilingual marketplace. In essence, an ATM for books.
Is that cool or what? The Wild Rose Press is going to have its catalog available through this machine. And people can buy the books immediately all over the world - well, wherever there is an Espresso.
According to New York Magazine:
And as of this fall, we have it on good authority, New York's first permanent machine will be cranking out paperbacks at Soho's McNally Jackson Books.To read the rest of the article: Click Here
Whoot for New Yorkers! I wish one was near me. If you're looking for a new experience, here is where Espressos can be found: EBM Locations.