LA Bantam - Book Vending Machines Part II

In part I the topic of vending machines was introduced. Bantam apparently sold their books through vending machines but I haven't seen any evidence to support that claim. Developing and producing a vending machine was and is not an easy undertaking. How Bantam might have done all of this in 1940 is a mystery.

In this post I'll look briefly at a book vending machine that did exist - the "Book-o-Mat". Developed by the Automatic Book Vending Company of New York, the Book-o-Mat sold only paperbacks published by New York's Pocket Books. There is a picture in the June 1947 Popular Science but it seems that production didn't begin until June 1949. I can find no mention of the machine after that and its safe to say that it was in operation for a very short time.

Popular Science June 1947, page 151