“When he was an editor in the 1950s, Jason Epstein made the
paperback book ubiquitous. Now he’s about to do the same for a
Linux-powered printing press.“In the book business, the great expense is the supply-chain
logistics: printing books, shipping them, warehousing them, sending
batches to bookstores and on to customers–every step along the way
extracts a fee. Epstein’s new company On Demand Books is using
Linux to develop the Espresso Book Machine (EBM), a $100,000 device
that takes distance out of the equation by printing the books right
at the point of sale…”
Linux.com: Linux Perks Up the Espresso Book Machine
By
Get the Free Newsletter!
Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis