Video Books On Demand
It’s an ATM for books! The Espresso brews up fresh copies of hard-to-find books in under seven minutes. It even slaps on a nifty laminated cover. And the U-M central library has got one. Welcome to the future of publishing.
Drawing from a digitized collection of nearly 2 million books, the Espresso book machine –located in the Shapiro Library lobby on U-M’s Central Campus– opens up a veritable library of out-of-print books to U-M students and faculty, as well as the public at large.
Printing, binding, cutting and covering, this print on demand device gives readers access to U-M’s pre-1923 collection along with books from from another online sources, like the Open Content Alliance.
Depeding on book-length, speeds may vary but the vast majority are dropped into your hot little hands in under seven minutes. And for only $10.
Heck, even the Library of Alexandria has one!
Want to see The Espresso in action? Click and the YouTube video below and watch the future of publishing unfold before your very eyes.
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