#book vending machine

[without-ado]

a book vending machine (x)

[randomberlinchick]

The installation of the machine, by Southwest-based vending machine company Graddon Vending, recalls the creation of the paperback by Penguin founder Allen Lane.

While on his way to London in 1934, after a visit to Agatha Christie, Lane stopped at the station book stall at Exeter St Davids and assessed the books on sale – magazines and reprints of Victorian novels – as being of poor quality and overpriced.

Deciding that people needed good books at a price everyone could afford, within a year he had founded Penguin Books.

Pretty fucking cool . . .

[macrolit]

Anybody got a quarter?

[davidmahlercomics]

Woah this is so cool, my mini comic Food Magik in the G:Zines vending machine at the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre!!

G:Zines is tied for my favourite zine fair, it's a monthly swap sell organised by a group of local legends who are doing so much for small press, zinemakers and emerging artists. I have such a blast every time I attend, and have been missing it so much the past few months while recovering from foot surgery! I'm zine deprived I TELL YA!

[cervideity]

jackpot

The Enemy was published 15 years ago today! Wow! You should go and read it! Check out this scene for yourself! Nothing goes wrong!

[theultimatekamehamehavoc]

Not a crazy thought or idea but I like to believe that Byakuya's ambidextrous (either just by birth or that he had to learn it), knows several types of sign language alongside being multilingual. Not that he's a multilingual pro or nor a sign language guru or anything but I feel he's pretty good in plenty of languages. The heir learning all of this would specifically be for business purposes such as any foreign relations with other companies or like other factions of the Togami Conglomerate (which I've heard it be called a corporation and a conglomerate but I believe that the Togami's go a bit world wide due to the amount of money they have) Aside from the business angle though, it'd also be for just in case anything were to happen to the heir physically. Not that he was prepped for ANYTHING of course. The guy still had the believe that "food is made by chefs" well into his late teens/early adulthood. I doubt Byakuya has any crazy survival skills if one were to dump him on an island with zero resources and a dream. Not that he couldn't survive long but he'd at least fumble for a bit on certain tasks due to believing they're beneath him or something as well as for the inexperience. However, he'd probably be able to handle a good amount of it due to his reading addiction. Speaking of reading, I also feel he knows how to read some braille too for that physical preparation angle. After all, Byakuya isn't exactly known for his good eyesight with those glasses. At the same time though, I find it funny if his main motivation for learning the majority of this stuff which is mostly just the new languages was specifically so he could get his pesky hands on more stuff to read. Also, the image of a young Byakuya hyping himself with learning all these different languages with the prospect of books is just a bit too cute to not pass up.

[officialkendallroy]

from today <3

[hottakehoulihan]

Do you notice a character's eye color in a book?

Do you remember it, chapters later, even if it was only mentioned in passing and there's no hint you should try to remember?

As usual, reblogs = sample size so please consider that.

[sodrippy]

applying for retail jobs after attempting a Career in smth else is so pathetic. hi i have no relevant skills for this position and youll have to train me up like im a baby but can i have this job anyway? please? the jobs i trained for and have experience in dont want me. please dont let that factor in to whether you want me. please. ill be so good.

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

what are the odds there are one of these vending machines at Tidmouth Station but 4 out of 5 rows are just Railway Series books 😅😅😅

[iwatcheditbegin]

What’s a misheard lyric that you refuse to believe is incorrect?

[avaantares]

@DMC book club: AU where Dante couldn't make enough money hunting so he invested in a food vending machine and named it after his two favorite things

(but LBR, he'd never stay in business because he'd eat all the merchandise)

[a-chaotically-small-lunta]

Okay okay question.

What is the Absolute WORST public building a borrower could live in and why?

Also the reverse, what is the Absolute BEST public building a borrower could live in and why?

[sage-green-kitchen]

I am going to eat a donut from the vending machine and read that book I’m unsure about.

[isdalinarhot]

when i read elantris i was going to school full time still. but i was commuting so i didnt have a meal plan. but i had an 8:30 am class and a 2:30 pm class (and on mondays a 6:30 pm class that went until 8:30 pm. pro tip to college students that follow me: don't do this) so i was at school through lunch. but at that time i was going to be moving out of my parents' house in like, a month, so i was saving up money to buy, like, ikea furniture and shit, so i couldn't just go out to eat five days a week. all this is to say, i was not eating lunch most days during that period of my life. so when raoden was like oh my god im so hungry it hurts oh my god im suffering oh my god i would do anything for food please please please i was like *ate breakfast 8 hours ago and will not get to eat for another 3 hours voice* ME TOO MAN. immersive experience

[drfrogphd]

Still working on these! I think I'm going with purple and blue versions for the new A6 blank notebooks 🤔 [wip]