US: ATM for books in Google print deal
Fri Sep 18 04:00:11 EST 2009
Thu Sep 17 18:00:11 UTC 2009
More than two million books in the public domain can now be turned into instant paperbacks under a deal announced between Google .. and On Demand Books .. the company behind a high-speed book-printing machine.
Google is scanning millions of out-of-copyright books as part of its controversial book project.
It's signed an agreement with On Demand Books that'll give the maker of the Espresso Book Machine access to public domain titles in Australia, Britain, Canada .. the United States and Egypt.
As its name implies .. the Espresso Book Machine can print and bind a library-quality paperback book with a full-colour cover in about the time it takes to brew a cup of coffee.
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