<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joseph Bloch</b> <<a href="mailto:transhumanist@goldenfuture.net">transhumanist@goldenfuture.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
It's called "on-demand printing". <a href="http://Lulu.com">Lulu.com</a> is one of the better ones,<br>but there are literally scores of 'em out there, and have been for years.<br><br>The problem with them is that there is no editorial process; books are
<br>printed with tons of typos, grammatical errors, etc. Not to mention<br>factual or conceptual errors that would never have made it past the<br>slush pile of a more mainstream publisher. But they do indeed have a<br>place; I think there's a niche for a value-added service that provides
<br>editorial, proofing, etc. services, for works which are then turned over<br>to an on-demand publisher.<br><br>It also speaks to the notion that there is NO reason any book should<br>ever go out of print again. Even the most obscure academic title should
<br>be able to be had without scouring the Internet or used bookstores<br>across the globe. (H.R. Ellis-Davidson's "The Road to Hel" comes to mind<br>as a perfect example.) Perhaps this is a good avenue for university
<br>presses to pursue?<br><br></blockquote></div><br>I was thinking more along the lines of decent manuals for high value, low volume, machinery.<br>Also to 'preview' a book to sell to a traditional publisher.<br><br>Dirk
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