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Imagine if a place like Kinko's was set up to print in standard book sizes at a reasonable rate. You buy a book online and want a hard copy to read anywhere, so you just stop in your local Kinko's and (in English accent) *BAM* just like that, you have yourself a real book! Offer traditional paperback
size, coffee table book size, etc. If there was an acceptable standard, cost shouldn't be a concern. This wouldn't be just for paperback 'novels,' but primarily for larger format books of art, photography, illustrated school texts, etc.
A new distribution method to tide us over until ePaper becomes truly usable.
Print-On-Demand and Ebook Producers
http://www.bookmarket.com/ondemand.html
Some of these printers will produce 1 to 100 copies of your book or Ebook on demand, bind it, and even ship it. For example, see NetPub Corporation in the listings. [jurist, Dec 10 2004]
Print-On-Demand Vending Machine
http://www.wired.co...tw=wn_story_related
//Print-on-demand books have been available for a few years//, and this is an article from 2001. [Worldgineer, Dec 10 2004]
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I believe this just turns "eBook" into "Book," which has been baked since the days of the printing press. |
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[contracts] Even the Print-On-Demand printers concede that it's a fine distinction, but because it is on demand and from electronic media, there is still a miniscule difference. |
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So, this invention is exactly what's already fairly widely known as "print-on-demand".
Right? |
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[Worldgineer] Thanks for the link! I even live near Chesterfield, MO and wasn't aware of them. |
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[jutta] I wasn't really thinking of this as a 'novel' printer (where 'print-on-demand' is really at now), that's too easy to do. I was envisioning more large format books with good graphics for art, photography, illustrative school texts. I'll edit my original post. |
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The next book in a long sci-fi series I am reading is ONLY available as an ebook.
I guess I won't be getting that one at a used book store. |
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Is the ebook concept pretty much simple enough that going the Print it out way would be too much? |
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Often DRM prevents printing and it's unlikely that a reputable print-on-demand house will print an eBook, either, unless copyright terms specifically allow printing. |
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