Book Net: Innovation in Book Publishing and Distribution

摘要

The last 2 years have seen a frenzy of technologically driven innovation in book publishing & distribution. With internet book sales now an everyday part of life, there now is strong movement on the very short run printing front (as evidenced by services like Lightning Print's, Libris' and others) and on the "digital library" front: Barnes & Noble, RR Donneley (along with Microsoft), Netlibrary and others are digitizing massive amounts of titles to enable their resale in whatever new means arise and improve their availability. With Internet as the ultimate distribution medium, the downloadable book has become a commercial reality and is further fuelling the establishment of these digital book repositories. Whether they are dedicated book lovers, information-hungry professionals, or casual readers, their ability to find the books they want right when they want them is about to change dramatically. Introducing BookNet, a revolutionary point-of-sale book-printing machine. BookNet is capable of producing high-quality perfect-bound books within minutes and saves the frustration of waiting for days of delivery or paying expensive shipping charges. BookNet will be located at familiar shopping venues and will be connected to any of the digital book repositories in creation today by leading booksellers, book printers and Internet publishers; that hard-to-find title will now be printed as they drink their coffee. Or, order the book from their favorite Internet retailer to have it immediately waiting for them at the store 15 minutes away from home; Or maybe even delivered to their doorstep within the hour! BookNet will also allow unique publishing services previously too expensive- like instant publishing, distribution & printing of the shortest editions at a modest fee. eBooks, eRetail and electronic publishing are all marvelous- but paper books will not go away so soon.