American Booksellers Association and On Demand Books Form Partnership

Essentially an ATM for books, the patented EBM and its EspressNet(r) software system links to a vast network of content, enabling the instant distribution of books, on demand, at point of sale. With the push of a button, the technology prints, binds, and trims a bookstore-quality, perfect-bound paperback book, in any language, with a full-color cover,in minutes. It is an environmentally friendly technology since iteliminates shipping, returns, and the pulping of unwanted books.