[WEB4LIB] Books on Demand

[Robin Zalben]

I think the best area for this is Large Print Books...if these machines
could do large print, then the visually impaired wouldn't be stuck with
Bestsellers, Westerns and Romances!!!

Robin

Robin Zalben	
PC Specialist	
Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
	



-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Messer [mailto:dmesser at yvrls.lib.wa.us]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:48 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Books on Demand


Good morning, one and all!

While reading one of my favorite geek news sites, Slashdot
(www.slashdot.org), I came across a little article about books on
demand. Bacially, what this entails is a machine purchased by your local
bookstore that can literally make a book while you wait. You ask for a
book, the store checks its database, if the book is in the database then
the cashier sends the information to the machine which goes to work
printing, cutting, and binding your book. The technology is being
developed by a rust belt engineer and the man who invented the high
quality trade paperback.

I'd hate to say that this is the "wave of the future" since a lot of
people said e-books are the "wave of the future" despite dismal sales
and inflated prices. But this is certainly intriguing. If anyone is
interested at all, here's the website with the full story.

http://www.business2.com/ebusiness/2001/07/perfectbook_machine.htm

Have a good one!
Dan

--
Mondai wa
The subject in queston...
---
Daniel Messer
Technologies Instructor
Yakima Valley Regional Library
102 N 3rd St  Yakima, WA 98901
(509) 452-8541 x712
dmesser at yvrls.lib.wa.us
---
On your mark, bokura ga
soredemo yamenai no wa
yume no shamen miagete (itsuka wa)
yuke-sou na ki ga suru kara
     Chage & Asuka "On Your Mark"