On Demand Books Turns Google's eBook Archive Back Into Paperbacks - NYTimes.com
The Espresso Book Machine can print out about 145 pages per minute at a cost of about 1 cent per page. The machine itself costs around $100,000. On Demand Books argues that this device can revolutionize the distribution of books by decentralizing the marketplace for the distribution of books and can give libraries and bookstores a potentially unlimited inventory in their shops. In its press release about today’s agreement with Google, On Demand Books likens its machine to “an ATM for books.”
