Publish your book in minutes

Expresso Book Machine (EBM) is a combination of a photocopier, a printing press and a vending machine. It prints and binds books while you wait. According to manufacturer EBM can print and bind a 300 page book in under 4 minutes, at a cost of about $3.

Imagine this: a reader downloads an eBook, and likes it enough to want to place it on her bookshelf, so she heads to the closest supermarket (as she does already to print pictures from her digital camera), attaches the USB stick that holds the text, and a few minutes later walks out with a book.

According to the latest news, the manufacturer, On Demand Books signed a deal with Xerox to market and distribute the EBMs.