The publishing industry has been revolutionised by a new technology, Docutech. This Rank Xerox machine was originally made for car manuals and can have text and diagrams.

Now the exciting part: each book costs about about 2 pounds, even if you get only 10 copies done.

This means you can publish just enough for reviewers cheaply and run off more as and when needed (the system is quick!)

You can even advertise off the page or by direct mail and get more copies as the orders come in!

The books look perfectly acceptable, though choice of font, size etc. is a little limited.
Some suppliers:
Xerox have entered the market with "Book in Time" charging around 2c a page/75c for a colour cover so your 200 page paperback would be about five dollars or three pounds. All printed in 48 hours!
Catford Copy centre do books and are very caring 0181 695 0101
On file we also have:
Docusets 0181 314 1990 Contact Peter Crump
Westward Digital 01242 283117 Contact Vaughan

Westward can take and fulfill mail order orders.
Microrite Systems 01628 20122 do forms etc, and possibly also books.
A US business selling off the net, based around the technology is at www.trafford.com
Professional Press 800 277 8960 advertises in the New Yorker
There's an upcoming technology IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) where printers are connected to the internet and you download a word processor document to it as if the printer is attached to your computer.
There was an article on this in The Times Interface supplement Nov 5 97 and more detail here!
Those who prefer to keep printing inhouse, will love my client's system