Comments on: The Fifteen Minute Book Machine http://www.openculture.com/2007/08/the_fifteen_minute_book_machine.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:44:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Scott Eblen http://www.openculture.com/2007/08/the_fifteen_minute_book_machine.html/comment-page-1#comment-2567 Scott Eblen Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:53:13 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/08/the_fifteen_minute_book_machine.html#comment-2567 Print-on-demand makes a lot of sense but there's a far bigger opportunity in selling this as a service rather than a commodity. It's similar to home photo printing. You can never really achieve the scale to justify the cost of a photo printer with ink and paper, but people are happy to send off their digital prints and receive hard copies a few days later. Lulu.com is one of the most ambitious companies in the print on demand space. Founded by the same guy who founded Red Hat Linux, their aim is to provide a technology platform that puts authors and independent publishers in control of the sale and printing of their material. They have massive room-sized printers that can churn out single copies of hard backed books in minutes. Print-on-demand makes a lot of sense but there’s a far bigger opportunity in selling this as a service rather than a commodity. It’s similar to home photo printing. You can never really achieve the scale to justify the cost of a photo printer with ink and paper, but people are happy to send off their digital prints and receive hard copies a few days later.

Lulu.com is one of the most ambitious companies in the print on demand space. Founded by the same guy who founded Red Hat Linux, their aim is to provide a technology platform that puts authors and independent publishers in control of the sale and printing of their material. They have massive room-sized printers that can churn out single copies of hard backed books in minutes.

]]> By: George Burke http://www.openculture.com/2007/08/the_fifteen_minute_book_machine.html/comment-page-1#comment-2568 George Burke Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:09:49 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/08/the_fifteen_minute_book_machine.html#comment-2568 Although we might not be as cool and as instantaneous as this machine, BookSwim delivers our book rental members their requested books to their home, then send them back in the mail when finished. No late fees, unlimited rentals per month, and free shipping both ways. You can find us at http://www.bookswim.com. Although we might not be as cool and as instantaneous as this machine, BookSwim delivers our book rental members their requested books to their home, then send them back in the mail when finished. No late fees, unlimited rentals per month, and free shipping both ways. You can find us at http://www.bookswim.com.

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