Don't forget, publishers have money tied up in inventory until a book sells. Print-on-order avoids that cost. George -----Original Message----- From: Susan Williams <swilliams1200@comcast.net> To: Banat-L@rootsweb.com; gbrettrager@aol.com Sent: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 11:59 am Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Thode book George -- do you think it is more costly to only print by order? I guess eventually books could be done as e-books and they could be downloaded one at a time ... wouldn't that be great? Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <gbrettrager@aol.com> To: <Banat-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 3:08 PM Subject: [BANAT-L] Thode book > > The book is printed by a company which prints on order (doesn't print > without an order). I always thought the technology existed and wondered > why books weren't printed that way. Anyway, I placed the order with > Barnes & Noble today and have already recieved notice that the book will > ship today. Must have a really fast printer. > George > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >