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For those of you just arriving:

Callithump is a non-profit organization devoted to exploring the future of physical publishing in the Internet world. Physical publishing is more commonly known as print publishing. However, we feel that “print” is to narrow a definition to contain the myriad possibilities the future holds. Already, publications are taking new forms, such as cans, t-shirts, and flying discs. This is just the start!

Callithump! is Callithump’s own publishing venture. It’s an artistic & literary magazine that has been vended through toy capsule vending machines since 2006. You can find out more about it here.

Callithump would love your help!

We’re looking for creative talent to help keep our machines filled. Do you have a creative idea that would fit in a 2″ capsule that could be reproduced many times over? Let us know!

Are you now, or have you ever been, engaged in an art vending venture? Or have you spotted one on the street? We’re building a history of vending machine art, and would love to add your story to it.

Do you have a publication that pushes the definitions of what publishing means? Let us know about it and we’ll tell everyone!

Callithump! is about exploring, finding new possibilities and rediscovering old ones. We’d love to hear your ideas!

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If at first you don’t succeed…

We’ve actually been doing this since 2006, but you wouldn’t know to look at it. Through a series of software glitches and general stupidity, I managed to wipe out most of the info on this site. That’s a big bummer, since a lot of news, events, ideas, and the general story of who we are got deleted. Pile on top of this a slew of major life changes, crises, and other events that kept our attention away from Callithump! and all other creative endeavors. On top of that, a host sites for one of our vending machines closed. Another kicked us out because someone took offense to something their child bought out of one of our machines (to spite the warning sings clearly stating that these aren’t for kids. Either the locks broke or the keys got lost on two of our machines, so we couldn’t refill them or collect the money from them… It was beginning to feel like the end of Callithump!

Then things turned a corner. UMaine Today magazine published a lovely article about us. We moved into an exciting new location down on Commercial Street in Portland. We managed to get inside the two machines. The recovered funds are letting us expand the Orono installation, opening up new possibilities. And I finally managed to free up an afternoon to start rebuilding the website. Really, it’s a reboot for the website and Callithump! as a whole.

Stay tuned!

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