A revolution in publishing may soon see bookshops stripped of their shelves.

Instead, customers will simply choose the novel they want, punch some numbers into a digital printer and leave a few minutes later with a freshly printed and bound copy.

The "Espresso Book Machine", which is capable of produding a 300-page paperback from a digital file in seven minutes, is expected to arrive in Britain soon.

Developed in the US, the device made its debut in the science and business section of the New York Public Library last week.

On Demand Books, the company founded by Jason Epstein, one of America's most senior publishers, says it is in talks with retailers and libraries in Britain to lease the machine.

Crockatt and Powell, a small south London bookshop, is one of the first in the queue in this country to acquire one of the new generation of automated printers.(leer más...)

Fuente: [telegraph.co.uk]

También la flecha habla del tema, bajo el título... algo más español (entre la vida y la muerte) : .Una imprenta digital amenaza con vaciar las estanterías de las librerías.ES CAPAZ DE IMPRIMIR EN SEIS MINUTOS UN LIBRO DE 300 PáGINAS ELEGIDO POR EL CONSUMIDOR