Nolita's McNally Jackson Books has a new toy named William Caxton. William, seen above, is an Espresso Book Machine 2.0 made by Soho's On Demand Books that offers on-demand printing of any book available in the public domain, whether in print or not. Selling for $97,500, plus printer, version 2.0 is quite a bit smaller than the first machine that was on display at the New York Public Library in 2007.One of 22 machines ODB has distributed across the country, they are: "...essentially an ATM for books that automatically prints, binds, and trims, on demand at point of sale, perfect-bound, library-quality paperback books." A 300-page book can be produced in four minutes and, ODB claims, are "indistinguishable" from any book on the shelf. Watch video of the machine in action, below.
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