InstaBook explained

InstaBook Corporation manufactures book on demand equipment. It was founded in 1997, and is located in Gainesville, Florida.[1] [2]

History

InstaBook Maker is a system specifically designed to download, print and bind a book in one step[3] on site for a retail customer.[4] The first model of the InstaBook Maker was presented at the BookExpo in LA in 1999.[5] Patents for this technology were secured in the US and around the world by its inventor, Victor Celorio.(US PATENTS 6012890,[6] 6213703,[7] Chinese Patent 97705, Mexican Patent 241092, others[8]).

InstaBook installed the first book on demand equipment in a bookstore in Canada in 2001. The first bookstore with an InstaBook in the US was the Bookends store in Ridgewood, New Jersey.[4] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Handbook of Digital Publishing, Vol. II . Kleper, Michael L. . 565 . Prentice-Hall . 2001 . 0-13-029371-7 . July 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100801131542/http://www.instabook.net/articles/handbook%20of%20printing.pdf . August 1, 2010 . dead .
  2. Book-on-Demand Market Pursues Affordable Run of One . Zelchenko, Peter . The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems . 8 . Seybold Publications . 30 . 5 . 2000 .
  3. Web site: How 'Senior Victor Celorio-Gutenberg' is Changing the World of Publishing . The Gutenberg Festival . Haack, Douglas F . July 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100801132640/http://www.instabook.net/articles/the%20gutenberg%20festival.pdf . August 1, 2010 . dead .
  4. InstaBook Launches 'Books-On-Demand' . 4 . 4 . The Seybold Report . Analyzing Publishing Technologies . Edwards, Steve . July 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100801131514/http://www.instabook.net/articles/1a%20InstaBook%20Launches%20Books-On-Demand.pdf . August 1, 2010 . dead .
  5. News: New technology prints books while you wait . Forbes Magazine . Lerner, Michael . June 4, 1999 . July 7, 2010.
  6. http://freepatentsonline.com/6012890.html Electronic bookstore vending machine – Patent 6012890
  7. http://freepatentsonline.com/6213703.html Electronic bookstore vending machine – Patent 6213703
  8. http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pctdocs/en/1999/pct_1999_15-section3.pdf
  9. News: Our Towns; Have a Seat. Your Novel Will Be Out Momentarily. . The New York Times . Applebome, Peter . September 12, 2004 . July 7, 2010.

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