Kids Check Out Self-Publishing Book Machine at BPL

Today the central branch of the Brooklyn Public Library unveiled its newly-installed Espresso Book Machine (EBM), which can print over eight million book titles in any language. It’ll also allow authors to self-publish their work on site… check out the machine in action here. The end result pretty much looks like any other book you’d find on a library shelf. Pictured above is a third grade class from P.S. 399 invited to see how the books are made. Today the EMB was used to print children’s books for the class. Very sweet. You can click through for another photograph.

Photo credit: Phillip Greenberg