Courtesy of the artist, Xiaoze Xie and the Charles Cowles Gallery in New York
Courtesy of the artist, Xiaoze Xie and the Charles Cowles Gallery in New York

The Bookmaker

May 23, 2008

A management consultant dreamed of instantly printing books. An editor dreamed of selling classics that are hard to find in megastores. Together they created the Espresso Book Machine. Their only obstacle: glue. Daniel J. Kramer reports on the ATM machine for literature.

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Posted by: Matt May 25, 2008 - 06:03PM
San Frrancisco

This sounds great! If I release my title into the public domain, can I just print it out at the San Francisco machine?

Matt

mdubuque@yahoo.com

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