Ingram Books--The Speed of Lightning

And printing and binding a book can take less than a minute. "It may not go that fast," Brewster explains, "as clock time may be different than labor time; but clock time is probably less than a minute."

And how do LPI books stack up against their offset-manufactured counterparts? "You'd have a hard time [distinguishing between the two] unless you knew exactly what to look for in a paperback book," notes Brewster.