Many students — including (L-R) Ethan Sun, Anjanay Nangia, Evan Bellusci and Dylan Sun — have enjoyed printing out stories and poems to read from the Short Story Dispenser on Level 1 of the Woodruff Library.

The word most people use to describe it is “cool.”

Yes, there is a cool new interactive machine near the Banjo Coffee shop on Level 1 of Woodruff Library — a Short Story Dispenser. The dispenser is an Emory Arts project to highlight poems, prose and comics by Emory authors, particularly students, as well as literature from writers around the world.

I like to travel but I’m not a very good packer. Admittedly, I usually forget something and end up having to buy it at the airport or my final destination. That’s usually not a big deal. [...] 

Flying without something to read is unthinkable to me. It used to be that I could count on finding a magazine on the plane, but that’s not always the case now. Since the pandemic, the presence of those in-flight magazines has been hit or miss. Therefore, I have to pick up some reading material at an airport bookshop or newsstand. But if I’m ever flying out of the airport in Wichita, Kansas, I’d have another option: the short story dispenser.

According to the Wichita Public Library, Wichita became one of four cities to receive Short Édition short story dispensers thanks to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in 2018. 

Wichita engineer Kim Burton, a senior manager in product support for Textron Aviation, was at the Eisenhower National Airport on Wednesday flying out to California to a conference for women in aviation and discovered one of the Wichita Public Library’s sh

Wichita engineer Kim Burton is so popular on TikTok that when asked about views for one video she posted this week, she casually said, “I think we’re at, like, a half million for today.”

Maynooth University's new Short Story Dispenser

At Maynooth University Library a new machine can been seen in reception called a 'Short Story Dispenser'. It spits out poetry, short stories and graphics on receipt paper. They last one, three or five mins. Some fun, some serious. The machine was developed in France by Short Editions and is slowly going global at hotels, airports and libraries.

Henry McKean spoke with a short story writer and visited Maynooth University and met the students trying out the machine with the librarians...

The machine dispenses literature, in short story format. Customers can choose from a menu of printed out stories lasting one, three, or five minutes.

Among the facilities on the campus of Maynooth University these days is a small machine that looks it might sell bus tickets to Dublin.

In fact, it dispenses literature, in short-story format. Customers can choose from a menu of printed out stories lasting one, three, or five minutes.

And unlike most vending machines, this one doesn’t charge.

Le Cub'Édito est expérimenté dans 17 écoles de la Région

Les histoires courtes de Short Édition ont envahi les rues et maintenant les écoles. La maison d'édition grenobloise a adapté ses distributeurs de récits aux personnes dyslexiques après avoir remporté un appel à projets, lancé par la Région. "C'est dans la continuité de notre logique, qui est de rendre la littérature accessible à tous," détaille Sylvia Tempesta, en charge du développement des produits. 

Inauguration du Distributeur d'Histoires Courtes - (crédit photo : Thomas Arrivé, Sciences Po)

Le distributeur d’histoires courtes du 27 Saint-Guillaume en agrémente le hall central depuis février 2022. Quelle meilleure occasion que l’inauguration du distributeur du campus Saint-Thomas pour remettre leurs prix aux trois lauréats du concours d’histoires courtes organisé par le Centre d’écriture et de rhétorique (CER) de Sciences Po ? 

Des abris bus ou tramway sont désormais dotés de distributeurs d’histoires courtes, tandis qu’un service dématérialisé via QR codes est en cours de déploiement. © Jules Peyron – Place Gre’net

Depuis le mois d’oc­tobre 2022, huit dis­tri­bu­teurs d’his­toires courtes ont été ins­tal­lés à proxi­mité d’a­bris voya­geurs de bus ou de tram­way de l’ag­glo­mé­ra­tion gre­no­bloise. Une initiative qui réunit trois partenaires : l’entreprise JCDecaux, le Syndicat mixte des mobilités de l’aire grenobloise (Smmag) et la société grenobloise Short édition qui propose déjà des distributeurs dans plusieurs lieux publics de Grenoble.
Objectif revendiqué de l’opération ? « La promotion de la culture pour tous auprès des citoyens et passagers des transports grenoblois », décrivent les trois partenaires.

Le Distributeur d'Histoires Courtes à la Clinique Pasteur à Toulouse

A la clinique Pasteur, le patient est placé au cœur du fonctionnement. Et pour proposer une expérience patient la meilleure possible, il faut accompagner sa prise en charge de façon globale, tout au long de son parcours, médical et non médical et prendre en compte le retour d’expérience pour améliorer les pratiques. [...] 

Short Story Dispenser

Travelers flying through Eugene Airport can now pick up free reading at a new short story dispenser provided in a partnership between the Airport, Eugene Public Library and Eugene Public Library Foundation.
People of all ages can use a touch-free button to choose Local, International, or For Kids options, then receive a free short story or poem printed on demand like a receipt using ink-free recycled paper. 

BAY AREA - For the past year and a half, BART has actively worked to convert its ridership into a readership with a free in-station short story dispensing system at a handful of stations.

Launched in January 2021, the Short Story Dispenser kiosks have delivered 17,198 short stories to riders at the Richmond, Fruitvale, Balboa Park and Pleasant Hill stations, according to BART officials.

The stories are written to be read within one, three or five minutes and are printed by the no-touch kiosks on recyclable paper, BART officials said in a news release Monday.

"What pushed us to really move this project forward is that the Bay Area has such a wealth of bookstores, readers and writers," said BART Art Program Manager Jennifer Easton.

Nouveau au CDI, le Cub'Edito pour découvrir des lectures courtes à imprimer

Cube de 32 centimètres de côté pour un poids de 6 à 7 kilos, le Cub'Édito se présente comme une version miniaturisée de la borne bien connue de Short Édition. 
« Sa conception a démarré juste après le premier confinement, en 2020, pour répondre aux nombreuses demandes de miniaturisation du dispositif », nous explique Kévin Barbier, responsable du développement commercial au sein de la maison.