From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 09:36:53 -0500 Sandy Thatcher and Rick Anderson independently responded to my post about the shrinking of stock at B&N with mention of the Espresso Machine, on-site POD technology for swift gratification. Discussed for a dozen years, the first (Wikipedia tells me) was operational in 2007 and there's a list of 50 or so installed machines as of 2012, but in a world where new technologies take off like a rocket, this seems a bit stately and I confess I have not seen one or heard buzz. Any well-informed observers on the list able to say how that project is going and perhaps even more interesting what are the impedances to its getting widespread adoption and cultural positioning? Thanks, Jim O'Donnell