Monkey S Paw Book Vending Machine

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.

Monkey s paw 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. Each book is hand wrapped in a paper sleeve and sealed with a sticker.

For only 2 the biblio mat will spit out an old and unusual book at random. Self dubbed toronto s most idiosyncratic second hand bookshop the store is more. The biblio mat was built by craig small a friend of shop owner stephen fowler and it dispenses books when customers put in 2.

Monkey s paw the biblio mat. That dispenses randomly selected old books. 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.

The machine was conceived as an artful alternative to the ubiquitous and often ignored discount sidewalk bin. The monkey s paw introduces the biblio mat 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.

Canada has the world s first and possibly only randomizing antique 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 nearly seven years stephen fowler has owned the monkey s paw the curious antiquarian bookstore on toronto s dundas street west offering bibliophiles a diverse selection of printed artifacts.

The biblio mat is a coin operated vending machine. 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. The biblio mat a vending.