Eoin Purcell
Good Tidings
Joe Wikert points in the direction of some good news ont he Print On Demand front. Its an interesting CNN/Forbes article that runs with news about On Demand Books [I have linked to these guys before; you might recall they have a video of their product in action] Espresso book manufacturing unit. from the article:
The machine can print, align, mill, glue and bind two books simultaneously in less than seven minutes, including full-color laminated covers. It prints in any language and will even accommodate right-to-left texts by putting the spine on the right. The upper page limit is 550 pages, though by tweaking the page thickness and type size, you could get a copy of War and Peace (albeit tough to read) if you wanted.
Well I hope this does take off and makes books cheaper too but I remain to be convinced that this is the way to go. It may well be an internediate stage but it’s not the final destination.
Enjoying the season
Eoin
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If POD is the revolution of the future, where does that leave the traditional publisher and their traditional process and ways of doing things?
It makes sense and on a business perspective would save money, yet there is still some resistance to the idea of POD. I mean, I’ve never seen a POD book make it to the New York Best Seller. It doesn’t seem to meet the demand/requirements NYBS requires.
I do hope it because a standard process in the way of book publication. It opens up much more options for aspiring authors (like me) and also provides a more competitive market with flexible range of options.