Book Vending Machines

Lucky Parisians. They can now satisfy those late hour hankerings for a good book at five new vending machines around the city. The Livre à toute heure machines stock twenty-five contemporary and classic titles and come courtesy of the bookshop chain Maxi-Livres.

Books are priced at € 2 (slightly more than the cost of the large Reeses Peanut Butter Cup) and are gently retrieved for the expectant patron by a robotic arm. "Our biggest vending-machine sellers are The Wok Cookbook and a popular French-English dictionary," Xavier Chambon of Maxi-Livres told the Associated Press.

Read the full article at The Guardian Online.