This university has become the first in the United Kingdom to install *vending machines that are designed to dispense free short stories for students to read *on campus.
The stories are delivered randomly from a database of 100,000 titles on a receipt-sized scroll of eco-friendly paper using heat transfer *instead of ink. Moreover, readers get to choose how long they want to read — one, three, or five minutes—all at the touch of a button.
The machines are made by French publishing company Short Édition and were previously installed at London’s Canary Wharf following success in France and Hong Kong.
Later in the year, students and the public will be able to submit their own stories for possible inclusion in Short Édition’s repertoire of over 9,000 authors.
這所大學成為了英國第一間安裝「故事販賣機」的大學，能夠讓學生列印短篇小說並在校園內閱讀。
這些故事是從十萬個書名的數據庫中隨機分發的，並使用熱感式列印而非墨水列印。 此外，讀者只需按一下按鈕，就可以選擇閱讀多長時間（一分鐘、三分鐘或五分鐘）。
這些機器是由法國出版公司ShortÉdition生產的。在法國和香港獲得成功之後，已預先安裝在倫敦的金絲雀碼頭。
今年晚些時候，學生和公眾將能夠投稿自己的故事，並有機會被納入《短劇》的9,000多位作者的作品集中。
