Print-On-Demand Book Publishing

It seems like the business of print-on-demand book publishing is increasingly about “software that allows people to easily create something beautiful”:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/technology/20basics.html?ex=1311048000&en=151a98eede0d8ede&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss. This is not surprising, considering that most of the companies offering print-on-demand books are using the same digital printing services anyway, leaving the software on the user’s end as one of the few possible competitive advantages.