In-store book printing!

Friend Jules Lipoff sent me this article on in-store, one-at-a-time book printing. This is a fabulous development.



Get ready for publishing nabobs to start talking about all the supposed value they add to the process--that is, all the editing they do. "Sure, you can buy an insta-book, but will it come up to the high standard of a PROFESSIONALLY published book?" That argument would be reasonable--powerful, even--were it not for the wholesale gutting of editorial staffs that took place in the 80s and 90s. There's just not that many people inside a big house that have time to line-edit or copyedit a manuscript. Those spots, if they were filled, were filled by salespeople.



So: bring on the instabooks!