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blissfull blissfull
 
M$1 April 28, 2009 12:25 AM

Where can I find more info about the mobile book printing project?

There is a book print-and-bind machine that has received a lot of press, the Espresso by On Demmand Books, That is able to print and bind a book from a digital library. I remember that when this came out, not long after I saw mention of a project in a third world country, where such machines where/would be mounted on cars to reach poor zones, and print on demand books, specially Public Domain books.

I have lost all track of this project, and I am looking for an url, or news reference to it, to recontact the project.

P.s. Sorry for the small tip, but it's all I have on my account and I can't currently buy more.
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robbrown robbrown
 
 April 28, 2009 12:54 AM
"What Gutenberg’s press did for Europe in the 15th century digitization and the Espresso Book Machine will do for the world tomorrow. "

http://www.ondemandbooks.com/home.htm

Here's where you can find them installed:
http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm

It doesn't look like a ton of folks have adopted the EBM. I suspect that they may be having the same hangups I am: Why not just print books on a regular printer and purchase a binding system? Or better yet, why not distribute your books digitally. It seems that the EBM is perfectly suited for educational institutions however, digital distribution is really the key to educational text distribution.

Hopefully these official links have helped you out!


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philipy philipy
 
April 28, 2009 01:29 AM
I like the look of it, but I can't find anywhere to search for what books are available. Any ideas on that?

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blissfull blissfull
 
April 29, 2009 10:00 PM
Thanks Rob for the links, but I fear I wasn't clear enough on my question, I know about ondemandbooks and their link, what I am seeking information on (or an url) is a project I remember reading where a group of people installed either a Espresso machine or a similar one into a car with the idea of driving it to poor areas in third world countries, and printing books on demand out of the car at material's cost.

I will recheck on the list of machine locations to see if such a project is listed there, but as far as I saw on the first visit, it was not.

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aleghart aleghart
 
April 28, 2009 06:30 AM
http://www.lightningsource.com/
http://www.opencontentalliance.org/

from http://www.ondemandbooks.com/faq.htm#7 :

7. How many titles are available through the EBM network?
ODB’s growing digital library includes nearly two million titles (pending publisher permission). ODB’s most significant catalog is Lightning Source, with nearly one million in-copyright titles from over 6,500 publishers. ODB also has access to more than one million public-domain books through the Open Content Alliance, as well as to additional titles through numerous individual publishers.

Locations of the machines listed here:
http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm
Source(s):
http://www.ondemandbooks.com/faq.htm#7
http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm


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morriss003 morriss003
 
April 28, 2009 08:51 AM
It seems to me that the future is likely to be low cost items that replicate what the kindle can do. Remember the One Laptop per Child idea? How about one ereader per student, target price of $10.
I know that someone will point out that the kindle is selling for well over $300, but I sold computers without hard drives in 1987 that cost $1500. Now look what they cost.
The ten dollar ereader. The wave of the future, and the savior of the forest.

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