There was a Sci-Fi story of a computer controlled society. In one scene of the book several people are in the waiting room of the publisher. It's a machine. A technical writer shoves his manuscript down the slot and almost immediatly 1200 copies are printed and shipped to the 1200 people in the world who work in that field. A would-be novelist shoves his manuscript down the slot. Nothing happens for an ENTIRE MINUTE! Then, a simulated leather bound copy with the title in gold leaf comes out the in slot. It's for him. HE'S the only one in the world who would read it! Sorry.... can't remember the title or author. ACC? City and the Stars? As if anyone READ anything in the umpteenth century!