Yeah, why Xeikon?

The main thing that comes to my mind is the ability to run irregular larger sizes with ease.

I probably will never own a xeikon myself because I don't have enough call for this, but recently I've been thinking of doing a 9 x 12 oblong coffee table book that I'd like to do as a "short" short run first to gauge the reaction. I've been thinking of 500 books to start and found a company that will bind these hard cover for me even in short run like this. The dust jackets, depending on flap design, will be 9" x 36". At this point I'll probably have the jackets press printed by someone with a larger press and will end up with 1000 (2-up) sheets and plenty to spare. If there were a nearby Xeikon that is the only digital device that I know of that could handle this job with ease.

And for the book itself, I'm still not sure if it will be digital short run, full color, or whether it will be press printed and just go for it. If I did the whole thing digital, the Xeikon is the only digital printer I know of that can do the interior pages as signatures (24" + bleeds) without any hassle. (can a nexpress or igen print longer than 20" without hassle??)

(Of course I could print 1-up and bind that way since the books probably won't get such heavy use that the pages are in any danger of falling out from not being bound as signatures)