PODding Along

April 2nd, 2008 |

As I mentioned (about a year ago) in the previous incarnation of this site it would not be long before we have a juke box style machine in book shops whereby one can walk in, select a title, insert credit card and press button. Ten minutes later, possibly after a coffee, you return to said machine and find your book, literally, hot off the press. This is made possible by … The Espresso Book Machine.

In recent developments the people that produce the EBM have teamed up with Lightning Source, printer of multiple POD titles, in a “strategic agreement”.

Can’t be bad for book shops, can’t be bad for authors. However Amazon Com have said that if POD authors want to sell through their sites that the author/publisher will have to go through their printing arm, Booksurge…

Roll on the BookBox.

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