New machine prints paperbacks on demand for $8 in four minutes

Re:New machine prints paperbacks on demand for $8 in four mi... by danw on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @07:21AM (#866496)

My local blackwells has had a similar service for a while. The trouble is they charge more for an on-demand book than an off the shelf one. I've never seen anyone use the service.

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Re:New machine prints paperbacks on demand for $8 in four mi... by felixc on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @10:19AM (#866760)

The University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) also has one of these. I'm not sure when it was introduced, but I think it was at the start of this term. Thankfully, it is cheaper than off-the-shelf books (at least the two or three titles I looked at were).

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Re:New machine prints paperbacks on demand for $8 in four mi... by skolor on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @08:29AM (#866565)

I remember hearing about this, and was hoping for the price to be about half what it is. This is a great opportunity for physical books, but it won't be all that feasible until the cost for the on-demand books are significantly cheaper.

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