references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message lightning source inc. type private industry printing ebooks founded 1996 headquarters lavergne tennessee usa key people david taylor president products books wholesale & retail distribution website www.lightningsource.com lightning source is a business unit of ingram content group . the company is a printer and distributor of print on demand books . 1 originally incorporated in 1996 as lightning print inc. the company is headquartered in la vergne tennessee . its u.k. operations are based in milton keynes . they also have operations in maurepas france and melbourne australia . contents 1 espresso book machine 2 e book services 3 references 4 external links espresso book machine edit the espresso book machine 2.0 is a compact 3.8 feet 120 cm wide by 2.7 feet 82 cm deep by 4.5 feet 140 cm high book printing kiosk that can be installed in a bookshop or public place to print bind and cut books on demand while the customer waits . the ebm 2.0 can download encrypted book files from lightning source . publishers must specifically give permission in order for their titles to be included in the scheme . the ebm project can theoretically allow faster access to ls print on demand books in regions where there is no existing ls plant and where shipping times would otherwise create significant supply delays . it also allows large bookshops to offer their customers almost immediate access to a wider range of titles than could be held onsite . however to date uptake of the espresso book machine system has been low . e book services edit lightning source has an e book supply system that can serve up protected pdf copies of books from their library through a vendor s site if a publisher chooses to participate . although the scheme originally allowed electronic ls editions to be sold on amazon alongside conventional print on demand editions amazon withdrew from the scheme . lightning source still offer their e book on demand service to publishers who have a suitable vendor website and supply ebooks to their retail partners powells.com ebookmall.com diesel ebooks.com fictionwise.com booksonboard.com and ebooksabouteverything.com but have no online retail outlet themselves to sell ebooks . in march 2010 ingram digital a wholesaler part of the same group warned its customers it might not be able to sell them e books as most large publishers were moving from the wholesale model publishers offer wholesale discounts and the final price is determined by retailers to the agency model publishers set the retail price and offer agents a commission so retailers earn more by buying direct from the publisher rather than via a wholesaler . 2 this was triggered by the ebook pricing dispute between amazon and macmillan and the imminent launch of the ipad . 3 however in april 2012 the u.s. department of justice sued apple macmillan and others on the basis that the agency model was anti competitive and a form of collusion used to fix the price of e books . 4 as of april 2012 ingram digital was still supplying e books via its coresource programme . 5 references edit dougherty wc march 2009 . print on demand what librarians should know . the journal of academic librarianship . 35 2 184 6 . doi 10.1016 j.acalib .2009.01.006 . retrieved february 08 2010 through sciencedirect . http www.thebigmoney.com blogs goodnight gutenberg 2010 03 25 ebook supply chain collapses retrieved 25 03 2010 mike shatzkin apple s disruption of the ebook market has nothing to do with the tablet the idea logical company 19 january 2010 . retrieved 25 03 2010 . brian braiker apple accused by us of colluding with publishers to fix price of ebooks the guardian 11 april 2012 . retrieved 11 04 2012 http www.ingramcontent.com mrkng 2011 52432 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