It is these readers at which the Biblio-Mat – a vending machine for dispensing used books – is targeted. Biblio-Mat is the brainchild of Craig Small, who built the vending machine for his ...

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It came in a conversation with his wife: a vending machine ... So they did, and for the past few weeks that machine has been up and running. The "Biblio-Mat" is about the size of a refrigerator ...

You see, artist Clark Whittington of cig-capital Winston-Salem, North Carolina, converted the 1950s vending machine into what he calls an Art-o-mat. Instead of cigarettes, consumers get original ...

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 ...

The Art-o-mat, a retired cigarette vending machine converted to sell a cigarette pack-sized piece of art for only $5, would be one of only a couple of hundred in the United States.

You’ll find this used book vending machine at The Monkey’s Paw in Toronto ... Because the Biblio-Mat is meant to clear out the discount books, slight damage caused by falling down the chute ...

The cidery, located in the Historic Depot District, recently became the first Davidson County location to host an Art-o-mat. The nine-slot vending machine that once dispensed a pack of ...

Late last year, ArtWorks installed an Art-O-Mat in its new Walnut Hills headquarters building. A repurposed cigarette vending machine that sells cigarette pack-sized artwork at $5 a piece, the machine ...

Inciardi grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and she drew inspiration from the temporary tattoo machine at her local Key Foods, as well as an Art-o-mat — a converted cigarette vending machine ...