Monkey S Paw Book Vending Machine

That dispenses randomly selected old books.

Monkey s paw book vending machine. This certainly isn t the first book vending machine in the world but it is the first and possibly only random book vending machine. The monkey s paw bills itself as toronto s most idiosyncratic second hand bookshop so it should come as no surprise that this bookstore has a one of a kind book machine. Last year a toronto bookshop named monkey s paw debuted the biblio mat the world s first vending machine to dispense a randomly selected second hand book for the price of two canadian dollars see photo below.

Although vending machine distribution necessarily limits book selection to mass market bestsellers there is one notable exception. Self dubbed toronto s most idiosyncratic second hand bookshop the store is more. The biblio mat a vending.

The machine was conceived as an artful alternative to the ubiquitous and often ignored discount sidewalk bin. Canada has the world s first and possibly only randomizing antique book vending machine. To reinvigorate interest in obscure and peculiar books antiquarian bookstore the monkey s paw introduced toronto to the biblio mat a vending machine that churns out old books of all sizes and.

The biblio mat is a random book vending machine designed and built by craig small for the monkey s paw an idiosyncratic antiquarian bookshop in toronto. Monkey s paw the biblio mat. Biblio mat books which vary widely in size and subject matter cost two dollars.

It is the first device of its kind allowing curious bibliophiles to sample the excitement and mystery of antiquarian book hunting with a single 3 token. Each book is hand wrapped in a paper sleeve and sealed with a sticker. The monkey s paw introduces the biblio mat book vending machine.

According to global news the biblio mat was invented in 2012 by stephen fowler the owner of the monkey s paw and his friend craig. For only 2 the biblio mat will spit out an old and unusual book at random. A bookstore called monkey s paw located in toronto canada has a vending machine that dispenses random books for 2 00 which is the ultimate combination of an old school love of literature and.