The Espresso Book Machine

incredible! just incredible!

As I see it....There are a few GREAT advantages to this machine.
1. You only print the book that someone wants (not wasting paper and cost of books in a warehouse)
2. No shipping costs
3. Get books that are no longer in print.
4. Cheaper overhead means less cost for consumer and more for money the author (a win win)
5. This has GOT to be cheaper for schools and text books

What a nifty invention!

When is it going to be on eBay?

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ebooks suck. I have zero desire to read 1000 pages on any interface I've yet seen. And electricity costs too.

all y'all are idiots. Look at the technology now. Old huge presses with inks that pollute and take up so much space, and now this efficient book on demand technology. And all y'all can do is bitch about recycling and the environment. The world is fine it's been around billions of years before us and will take care of itself long after we are gone.

Actually it can crank out a 300 page gray-scale book with a color cover in about 4 minutes.

Let stop being stupid. Electronic books is to be prefered ratherthan cutting Down trees

Take that stick out of your arse. It's not some endangered rain forest being raped to produce paper, it's just managed forestry. If you cut down more trees, no problem, it's a sustainable resource, you just plant more trees.

Aren't you people always whining about "e-waste" and batteries and heaping praise on inefficient paleo-technologies?

Yes, but to them, sustainable development isn't merely good entrepeneurship (since you preserve or raise the value your investment) it's impossible because "capitalists" will simply destroy a lot and sell it

You don't pay the cost to produce the book, you pay the cost to produce the book plus the cost to license the book and profit.