Friday, February 22, 2013

The Biblio-Mat Book Vending Machine!!

Let me start by saying that I've never heard of or even seen a book vending machine before in my life. 

Sure, I'm very aware of vending machine that dispense food, movies for rent, cigarettes, health related items like condoms, and other over the counter medications like pain relievers and the like, but not a book vending machine.

Then I came across an article on NPR titled Book-Vending Machine Dispenses Suspense. Intrigued by the article's title, I not only read the article, but listened to the audio version on NPR's All Things Considered program. 

All I can say is that after reading the NPR article above, I now want to visit The Monkey's Paw Used Bookstore in Toronto, Canada and see the Biblio-Mat Book Vending Machine in action!! Half the fun would be seeing which book title the Biblio-Mat gives you at random.

4 comments:

  1. My library has a book vending machine...I love it. I will take a picture of it this week and do a blog post on it. So fun!!!

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    1. Oooo, way cool!! I'd love to see a picture of your library's book vending machine and read your blog post about your experience using it. :-)

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  2. I've never seen a book vending machine - a movie vending machine, yeah - but not a book one. Besides, I'd like to know what I'm getting.... what happens if the machine gives me something I don't like and I can't get my money back?

    What then?

    Oh! I know! I can book cross it! :D

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    1. Lol, yes you could always wild release a book you don't want! I had quite the chuckle reading your response. I like your humor Mozette!

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