PublicDomainReprints.org allows you to paste in a book URL from the Google Books program -- at least those books in the public domain, which Google offers as full PDFs -- to then order them via print-on-demand service Lulu.com. (To find just public domain books on Google Book Search, check the "Full view" option on the Advanced Book Search page.) Other than Google Books, Public Domain Reprints also supports sites like the Internet Archive.
I asked Yakov Shafranovich from Baltimore, creator of the service and developer for 15 years, a couple of questions... like what technology is behind the site. Yakov, who is still half time in gradu ...
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