Bookselling This Week - POD, PTO

Discount on Espresso Book Machine Doubled

rosemary — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:14:54 +0000

On Demand Books has announced a new discount for ABA member bookstores that purchase or lease the Espresso Book Machine before August 1, 2013.

Malaprop’s Celebrates With a Collaborative Novel

elizabethk — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:47:33 +0000

A true group effort involving 12 area authors, bookstore staff members, customers, and community friends brought Naked Came the Leaf Peeper to print to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Malaprop’s Bookstore & Café in Asheville, North Carolina.

HarperCollins Comprehensive Backlist/POD Program Launches

elizabethk — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:34:48 +0000

HarperCollins kicked off its Comprehensive Backlist Program today with a ceremonial first-run print-on-demand copy of Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett at nine indie bookstores with Espresso Book Machines®.

On Demand Books: A Vast Virtual Inventory

elizabethk — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:51:10 +0000

On Demand Books, the company behind the Espresso Book Machine (EBM), has grown to encompass several hundred publisher partners whose inventory is now available via 84 EBMs installed in bookstores, libraries, and universities worldwide.

HarperCollins Launches Comprehensive Backlist Program

karen — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:46:55 +0000

HarperCollins’ new Comprehensive Backlist promotion will enable bookstores to promote and sell thousands of its backlist titles through in-store “Digital-to-Print at Retail” using the Espresso Book Machine. The program will feature a mix of traditionally printed books as part of a store’s inventory and DPR editions printed in-store.

Harvard Book Store to Publish Comics Anthology

karen — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:55:41 +0000

Harvard Book Store is launching its first comics anthology. Minimum Paige will include work from some of the New England graphic novel community’s most well-known names as well as select customer submissions.

ABA and On Demand Books Form Partnership

Wed, 11 May 2011 15:58:05 +0000

ABA and On Demand Books, the maker of the Espresso Book Machine® (EBM), have entered into a joint marketing agreement whereby ABA will market the EBM to member bookstores and help permission publisher titles to the EBM sales channel.

McNally Jackson’s Espresso Book Machine: An Industry Trend?

elizabethk — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:29:22 +0000

McNally Jackson owner Sarah McNally talks to BTW about the store’s new Espresso Book Machine, the effect it has had on the store, and what she thinks it says about the industry’s future.

Booksellers Face Up to New Reality

sarah — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:57:07 +0000

Bookstore owners shared their experiences with consignment programs, a green delivery service, and a newsletter-turned-magazine at a panel on alternative business models at ABA's Day of Education at BookExpo America.

Espresso Book Machine 2.0 Makes an Impressive Debut

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Last winter, Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont, launched its in-store Print-on-Demand publishing service with the Espresso Book Machine (EBM), an on-site fully integrated book-making machine that can produce a high-quality, trade-size paperback book in minutes. A year later, the next generation of EBM is available, and not only will Northshire upgrade, but several other bookstores, including Boxcar & Caboose Bookshop and Caf in St.