From   at the Huffington Post, an article about the history and present use of vending machines for books--a concept I love and apparently Germany, Japan, and China are among the countries where book vending machines are currently in use. But I usually like to read the first few pages of any book I'm considering and I don't read a lot of best sellers so I don't think I'd be their most avid customer. Still, I'd love to run into one of these on my rambles:

 

 

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Source: http://jaylia3.booklikes.com/post/886180/a-brief-history-of-book-vending-machines