Have you ever gone into a bookstore, looking for a book that isn’t on their shelves? You inquire at the information desk, and they say they can order it for you.
At that point you have two choices: order from the bookstore and come back in a week to pick it up; or head home and order it online and wait for it to arrive in your mail.
What if you could have it on the spot? I found an article about a bookseller that’s doing just that. Blackwell’s is offering print-on-demand books while customers wait with their newest innovation – the Espresso Book Machine (EBM).
The machine currently prints 40 pages per minute, but this is expected to double later this year. Which means you can have an average business title in under five minutes.
How cool is that?
This isn’t meant to take over what a bookstore is currently offering – it will merely complement it by offering more titles than a bookstore can offer.
I can’t wait until we see this technology here…
