Re: Borders will soon have digital kiosks

At 6:11 PM +0000 2/23/08, Lida wrote:
>Borders, which is based in Michigan, and Lulu.com said Friday that they were launching a prototype program through which self-publishing kiosks would be placed in some of its stores.
><http://www.localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/story/2445800/>http://www.localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/story/2445800/
>

<snip>

>The article states "The companies said they also plan to partner on other services in the future."
>
>This could indicate Borders will offer downloads of ebooks via their kiosks, according to some reports.
>
>Lida E. Quillen, Publisher
>Twilight Times Books
><http://twilighttimesbooks.com>http://twilighttimesbooks.com
>


As I understand it, the kiosks, as they stand now, only allow Borders customers to self-publish using Lulu. They don't allow anyone to buy Lulu books.

While it seems like a logical extension to allow this kind of ordering, apparently Borders isn't yet interested in doing so.

Kent




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