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 New Indie Bookselling Model: Publish Own Handselling Favorites

Many centuries ago, publishing was essentially the province of booksellers... now, the advent of POD machines and the lack of attention of many publishers seems to be reopening that particular door once more. This is an interesting model, one I think could be added to by an Espresso Book Machine, allowing customers to purchase any public domain (or any other book available through the service). It reinvigorates the indie bookstore, cuts out the expensive supply chain that has so decimated the profitability of the print book, but still supplies real books to actual people in a way that I still firmly believe is a model a vast number of readers appreciate.

Nick W-W