 | Parts of this article (those related to closure of On Demand Books) need to be updated. (January 2024) |
The Espresso Book Machine (EBM) was a print on demand (POD) machine created by On Demand Books. It printed, collated, covered, and bound a single book in a few minutes.
Introduced in 2007, EBM was small enough to fit in a retail bookstore or small library room, and as such was targeted at retail and library markets.[1] The machine took a PDF file for input and prints, then made the readers selection into a paperback book.[2][3]
The manufacture of the machine has been discontinued as of January 2024 due to the closure of On Demand Books.
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- ^ "First Espresso Book Machine Installed and Demonstrated at New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library". PR Web. June 21, 2007. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
- ^ "End of the line for books?". The Sydney Morning Herald. October 4, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.