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Biblio-Mat is a vending machine, designed by Craig Small for a Toronto book shop, which dispenses a random used tome for $2 each.

The general design of the Biblio-Mat was made to match the vintage feel of The Monkey’s Paw, which can be seen from the colors and lettering used on the machine to the second-hand books that ...

Or you could walk up to a Biblio-Mat vending machine and wisely spend $2 on a book that will enrich your mind and soul. The Biblio-Mat is installed at the Monkey's Paw used and antiquarian ...

(The front of the cabinet became the back of the Biblio-Mat.) The books are loaded into columns, which rise when money is inserted, until the top book, resting at a 45-degree angle, falls.