And Esposito had his own vending-machine business: "I was there every week, filling it up. I'm not sure what the patrons thought of me, some blue-collar hipster." He fills the machine with "beautifully written stories" that, had they not benefited from this creative form of distribution, "may have gotten buried in a long anthology or posted online. To have each story in its own book, where people can read them rather than noodle around on their iPhones," has gotten the writing, the authors, and the press much appreciation.