OhmyNews reports: [edited]
Blackwell Bookshops have launched a service for instant book printing, starting with a shop in Charing Cross Road. The Espresso 2 equipment supplied by On Demand Books has been tested at the shop, then moved to Earl's Court for the London Book Fair, then returned to the shop for a continuing service to launch on April 27.
Currently 400,000 titles are available as PDF files to be printed on demand, usually for the same price as normal stock from publishers. The emphasis will be on rare and out of print titles.
At the London Book Fair it was announced that the Lightning Source catalogue will be available through On Demand Books. Lighting Source currently supply short runs for a number of publishers. Blackwell expect more than a million titles to be available later this year.
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Printweek have published an article on the transition from litho to digital in book printing.
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For more on the Espresso Book Machine, click here
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