Starting in mid-November, people can print books from a catalog of more than 3 million titles, or even novels they’ve written themselves, in less than five minutes at the Sacramento Public Library. The library recently acquired an Espresso Book Machine or EBM, which will be available for public use. Printing on the machine is available through the Library's I Street: A Community Writing & Publishing Center project, where the public can join and learn about self-publishing, according to Sacra... johnghernandez RCLS111 comment-59817 2011-11-07T22:20:08Z 2011-11-07T22:20:08Z Congratulations, Sacramento! Welcome to the world of on-demand-print from Riverside County Library System Flash Books. Your community will love and embrace this service! RCLS111 2011-11-07T22:20:08Z Roderick Bedingfield comment-59752 2011-11-05T23:35:52Z 2011-11-05T23:35:52Z Great transitioning tool allows people who want to distribute printed books to have access to worldwide system of distributing. Also provides a copy that with minimal work can be used in addition for digital distribution. Choice of additional revenue or spread of ideas not a necessity to choose one or the other. Great opportunity for small businesses charging minimal fees to integrate authors into the world wide publishing system-much of it free and dependent on quality or perceived value. Roderick Bedingfield 2011-11-05T23:35:52Z Dar comment-59412 2011-11-01T17:39:15Z 2011-11-01T17:39:15Z But can it make coffee? Dar 2011-11-01T17:39:15Z Dar comment-59411 2011-11-01T17:38:12Z 2011-11-01T17:38:12Z Freedom of the Press! Love it. Dar 2011-11-01T17:38:12Z Mary Nares comment-59399 2011-11-01T17:02:18Z 2011-11-01T17:02:18Z Thanks, John-- great article. This is some exciting news, I'm sharing it with my writers' group. Mary Nares 2011-11-01T17:02:18Z Laura Good comment-59162 2011-10-25T19:20:11Z 2011-10-25T19:20:11Z I love it! Would be really cool to watch the machine making a book--great kid field trip! Laura Good 2011-10-25T19:20:11Z Amabelle Ocampo comment-59139 2011-10-25T19:02:38Z 2011-10-25T19:02:38Z Wow, this has got to be the coolest thing ever. Thanks, John for sharing this with us. Amabelle Ocampo 2011-10-25T19:02:38Z Ben Ilfeld comment-59135 2011-10-25T18:01:54Z 2011-10-25T18:01:54Z This is awesome! We're gonna have to find some creative uses for this! Ben Ilfeld 2011-10-25T18:01:54Z Craig Powell comment-59119 2011-10-25T15:18:08Z 2011-10-25T15:18:08Z This is an outstanding service. I suspect it will become very popular among a wide variety of writers and self-publishers. Craig Powell 2011-10-25T15:18:08Z lkb comment-59116 2011-10-25T09:28:12Z 2011-10-25T09:28:12Z We wish you much success! Our two machines in the Netherlands are being used by writers to make the first copies of their long-awaited books - it's so exciting when that first copy rolls down the chute, warm like bread from the oven! lkb 2011-10-25T09:28:12Z