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Photos: Meet Blackwell's robo book publisher

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By Tim Ferguson

Published: 27 May 2009 15:43 GMT


This is the Espresso Book Machine at the Blackwell bookshop on London's bibliophile mecca, Charing Cross Road.

The Espresso on-demand print service, which has been available to customers since the end of April, publishes out-of-print books in a matter of minutes while customers wait.

silicon.com reporter Tim Ferguson went along to see it in action.

Photo credit: Tim Ferguson/silicon.com


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