Books-On-Demand Printing Machine

bostonte · 12-22-2006, 12:02 PM

Not exactly an ebook device, but somewhat related. Something I've been wondering about for a long time....

http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/...ndemand_m.html

Bob Russell · 12-22-2006, 01:09 PM

I thought I had seen one about a year or two ago that they claimed was going to be in the $10,000-20,000 range with a library of books behind it. But it was too complicated for customers to use. You had to have trained book producers at a store.

This one seems to be $50,000 per Engadget's article, but is supposed to end up in the NY Public Library in Feb, and can do two books in 7 mins. Pretty impressive!

12-22-2006, 12:02 PM	#1
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12-22-2006, 01:09 PM	#2
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	I thought I had seen one about a year or two ago that they claimed was going to be in the $10,000-20,000 range with a library of books behind it. But it was too complicated for customers to use. You had to have trained book producers at a store. This one seems to be $50,000 per Engadget's article, but is supposed to end up in the NY Public Library in Feb, and can do two books in 7 mins. Pretty impressive!

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