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

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 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, 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’ 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 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, 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 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.

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.

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.