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What's the story with... Instant books?

No tome need be out of print with a new Espresso machine. But is there a downside to literature at the touch of a button? By Rebecca McQuillan .

Its champions hope it will help save the high street bookshop from the relentless competition of online retailers. Bookstore romantics may see it as an unwelcome step towards a digital future for books and publishing.