From today's Wall Street Journal:
"Rice University in Houston will today announce plans to relaunch
its Rice University Press -- a money-losing venture that went out
of business 10 years ago -- under a new all-digital model.
Although the new press will solicit and edit manuscripts the
old-fashioned way, it won't produce traditional books. The
publishing house will instead post works online at a new Web
site, where people can read a full copy of the book free. They
can also order a regular, bound copy from an on-demand printer,
at a cost far less than picking up the book in a store."