Espresso Book Machine

The Espresso Book Machine (EBM) was a print on demand (POD) machine created by On Demand Books. It printed, collated, covered, and bound a single book in a few minutes.

Introduced in 2007, EBM was small enough to fit in a retail bookstore or small library room, and as such was targeted at retail and library markets.^[1] The machine took a PDF file for input and prints, then made the readers selection into a paperback book.^[2]^[3]

The manufacture of the machine has been discontinued as of January 2024 due to the closure of On Demand Books.

^ Overview of the report on "Future of Books" CQ Researcher Blog. May 29, 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
^ "First Espresso Book Machine Installed and Demonstrated at New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library". PR Web. June 21, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
^ "End of the line for books?". The Sydney Morning Herald. October 4, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.

[1] Overview of the report on "Future of Books" CQ Researcher Blog. May 29, 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-28.

[PR_Web-2] "First Espresso Book Machine Installed and Demonstrated at New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library". PR Web. June 21, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2007.

[SMH-3] "End of the line for books?". The Sydney Morning Herald. October 4, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.

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