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[US] Discover Seattle’s short-story dispenser at a Beacon Hill coffee shop

The Station coffee shop on Beacon Hill has the city’s first short-story dispenser, installed by Seattle Public Library. It... (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

These days, with modern technology providing such easy access to all kinds of digital content, it’s tempting to think that reading something on paper is a thing of the past.

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04-06-2018

A Vending Machine Now Distributes Free Short Stories at Francis Ford Coppola’s Café Zoetrope

Francis Ford Coppola and the Short Story Dispenser

I loved the idea of a vending machine, a dispensing machine that doesn’t dispense potato chips or beer or coffee for money but gives you art. I especially liked the fact that you didn’t put money in. – Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola

Thusly did filmmaker Coppola arrange for a free Short Edition story vending machine to be installed in Café Zoetrope, his San Francisco restaurant.