The Espresso Book Machine cleverly coined as "the ATM of books", is a one-stop printing, binding, publishing station. The EBM is innovated technology that is reshaping the publishing industry by eliminating the middle man for writers interested to self-publish and smaller businesses trying to cost effectively expand their inventory.
The once business mantra produce, ship, sell, has now been completely reversed to sell and produce. This means for book retailing businesses they will no longer have to waste money on inventory that is not selling and for the ambitious writer this is another avenue of self publishing that is not only affordable but provides a hard copy of their finished work instantly in their hands.
How it Works
Essentially the EBM is a combination of a printer and a bookbinding machine. The users chooses a digital file from a online web database. Both the cover and the contents of the book are in .pdf, the cover is printed separately in color on a traditional cover stock paper while laser-jet printer prints the actual contents of the book. When the printing is completed the pages are aligned and cut, heat activated glue is applied to the spine the book and the book is moved along the track to the bookbinding portion of the machine. The cover is applied, and held tightly clamped into place while the glue cools and cements the cover and body of the book together. The process takes about 3-4 minutes varying of course with the size of the book. When the process is completed the book is library quality and instantly ready for usage.
Benefits of the Espresso Book Machine
Ondemand.com shares how their product is beneficial to the readers, publishers, academic institutions, retailers, and authors.
- Readers will attain better access to countless books in numerous languages and have the ability to get a paper back copy of any book on demand.
- Publishers will have increased sales, eliminate returns, and simultaneously increase your inventory but decrease the physically amount of space needed for your inventory.
- Retailers will enjoy higher sales; faster inventory turnover, eliminating out-of-stock, more available shelf and display space as well as receive new revenue from custom and self-publishing.
- Libraries and Universities will have an enhanced academic experience for students, more available books, new forms of revenue, and the ability to print digital collections and create facsimiles of rare books.
- Authors more sales, more royalties, and access to immediate disruption.
Where Would a Business Place an EBM?
Bookstores and libraries generally tend to keep their Espresso Book Machines on the main floor where there is easy accessed and seen by customers and patrons, while some businesses prefer to have their EBM situated in a more back-office environment where it is only attainable by specific people.
According to Ondemand.com the EBM should ideally be in a sport where the temperature does not vary much and should be on a hard-floor level surface as opposed to a carpeted floor.
Further Information on the Espresso Book Machine
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