PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh Press has signed an agreement with On Demand Books, LLC, the company behind the Espresso Book Machine(r) (EBM) to distribute substantially all Press paperback titles through EBMs located in bookstores and libraries and on university campuses around the world. The technical integration will be facilitated through a connection with the BiblioVault service arm of the University of Chicago Press.
Essentially an ATM for books, the patented EBM and its EspressNet(r) software system links to a vast network of book publishers and distributors, enabling the instant distribution of books, on demand, at point of sale. The University of Pittsburgh Book Center on Fifth Avenue in Oakland has one of the first EBMs in the mid-Atlantic region. With the push of a button, the machine prints, binds, and trims a quality paperback book, in any language, with a full-color cover, in minutes.
“We are constantly striving to make our scholarly and literary books easily available for faculty and students as well as general readers. The Espresso Book Machine offers immediate access to high-quality print editions of our books through a distribution network that makes financial sense, reducing the guess-work of setting print quantities, and environmental sense, eliminating shipping, returns, and the pulping of unsold inventory. We’re happy to be part of this revolutionary new technology, and thrilled to have an EBM on our own campus,” said Cynthia Miller, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Press.
“We are pleased to include University of Pittsburgh Press books in our growing network of book content. Signing a direct deal with such a respected university press will, we hope, encourage further agreements with other university presses around the country, expanding our role in the distribution of important scholarly works and complementing our growing list of trade and academic content,” said Dane Neller, CEO of On Demand Books.
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