Many, many years ago, I lived in the university town of  Gainesville, Florida. One of the many limitations of the small city was its not so great transportation services, including a sorry little airport. But now the Alachua County Regional Airport even features a book vending machine highlighting Florida authors, courtesy of Gainesville’s  Lynx bookstore. The Gainesville Sun reported that the machine was “unveiled by the Lynx bookstore co-founders Lauren Groff and Clay Kallman,  who view the vending machine as a passion project. The hope is that the vending machine will provide book readers and frequent flyers another way to enjoy their flight experience.”

The bookstore shared an Instagram video chronicling the arrival at its new destination and noting that the vending machine “features Florida authors including Zora Neale Hurston, Carl Hiaasen, and Karen Russell. Huge thanks to @oldfloridavibes [Hunter Turner] for the amazing art on the machine!”