Here’s a librarian’s account of the Espresso Book Machine after two years of using it. It’s the best, most detailed real-world account I’ve come across—most things you’ll find online about this book-on-demand printing machine are either press releases or cursory reviews like my hands-on account last spring. The tl;dr summary: it’s only fast if it’s [...]
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My experience with the Espresso Book Machine
I was in midtown NYC earlier today when I stopped to have a coffee and catch up on my RSS feeds, and I saw a couple of blog references to a video of the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) posted over on NPR’s Science Friday blog. The video is a short, lighthearted overview of an EBM [...]
Amazon and Seth Godin partner up to create new worldwide publishing imprint
I’ve long had some precognition that I might be psychic, but now it’s confirmed; just a week after I posted a more or less random item about Seth Godin freebies, Amazon has announced that they’re partnering with him to launch a new imprint he’s calling The Domino Project. Godin says he’s got three titles already [...]
My experiment with Blue Leaf book scanning service
How well does Blue Leaf Book Scanning service work? I’m about to find out with an out-of-print hardcover I just sent them.
Creating anthologies on demand
What if you could visit Amazon or Barnes & Noble and create your own anthology about any topic you want? Why can’t you already?
Cory Doctorow's new experiment: all sorts of formats, all sorts of prices
Cory Doctorow is taking a DIY approach to publishing his next book, and he’s going to document it for the benefit of others. Here are some other experiments in online distribution and what they’ve taught us so far.