Wired reports that more than 2 million public domain books will soon be available for on-demand printing from Google Book Search in partnership with On Demand Books.

According to the On Demand Books site, the only locations in Australia are:

• Angus and Robertson in Bourke St, Melbourne.
• Baillieu Library University of Melbourne (Fall 2009 – so not sure if this is in action yet)

In September last year the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Angus & Robertson had installed an Espresso Book Machine (EBM) and that A& R would have up to 50 machines installed throughout Australian and New Zealand within a year.

Dymocks also had plans to launch on-demand printing within a year, according to the article.

This imminent rush of titles newly available for on-demand printing might see some more action in this area.

A&R, Dymocks and any other booksellers, if you are reading we’d love to hear how things are going in this area in Australia.

Any librarian from University of Melbourne reading – what’s the status of on-demand printing in the Baillieu Library?

Google Lets You Custom-Print Millions of Public Domain Books | Epicenter | Wired.com.