Comments on: Isaak’s Links - Bookplus and Others - 23 December 2006 http://www.blogginglibrarian.com/2006/12/23/isaaks-links-23-december-2006/ Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Espresso Book Machine at New York Public Library http://www.blogginglibrarian.com/2006/12/23/isaaks-links-23-december-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Espresso Book Machine at New York Public Library Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:35:39 +0000 http://www.blogginglibrarian.com/2006/12/23/isaaks-links-23-december-2006/#comment-67 <p>[...] previously blogged about On Demand Books‘ Espresso Book Machine. And I think the first non-beta machine [...]</p> […] previously blogged about On Demand Books‘ Espresso Book Machine. And I think the first non-beta machine […]

]]> By: Isaak Kwok http://www.blogginglibrarian.com/2006/12/23/isaaks-links-23-december-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Isaak Kwok Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:37:12 +0000 http://www.blogginglibrarian.com/2006/12/23/isaaks-links-23-december-2006/#comment-66 <p>Hi Jeremy, I guess you are right. But then again, these books might be already out-of-print since they are copyright-free. Though they may be easily available online, there are some people who would rather hold on to a physical book.</p> <p>Well, it's already being used in two locations: World Bank InfoShop in Washington DC and the Library of Alexandria in Egypt.</p> <p>The website of <a href="http://ondemandbooks.com/">On Demand Books</a> also contains a Quicktime <a href="http://www.ondemandbooks.com/perfectbook.mov">video</a> of how a book is produced on the Espresso Book Machine.</p> Hi Jeremy, I guess you are right. But then again, these books might be already out-of-print since they are copyright-free. Though they may be easily available online, there are some people who would rather hold on to a physical book.

Well, it’s already being used in two locations: World Bank InfoShop in Washington DC and the Library of Alexandria in Egypt.

The website of On Demand Books also contains a Quicktime video of how a book is produced on the Espresso Book Machine.

]]> By: jmnlman http://www.blogginglibrarian.com/2006/12/23/isaaks-links-23-december-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-65 jmnlman Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:45:16 +0000 http://www.blogginglibrarian.com/2006/12/23/isaaks-links-23-december-2006/#comment-65 <p>I suppose the machine makes sense for anything shorter than 200 pages since that would cost $10 for anything longer it doesn't make much sense. But then again neither did photocopying an entire book from the university library at $0.03/page but a lot of people did that.</p> I suppose the machine makes sense for anything shorter than 200 pages since that would cost $10 for anything longer it doesn’t make much sense. But then again neither did photocopying an entire book from the university library at $0.03/page but a lot of people did that.

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