Re: [LM_NET] book fairs - another company

[Toni Koontz <akoontz@CDEDUCATION.ORG>]

There has been quite a bit of discussion about a different book fair 
company.  I recently heard a rep from Usborne Books.  I was impressed, and 
so were the other librarians at the meeting, with the quality of the books. 
And, we were all impressed with her Book Fair information.  She said that 
the company would custom fit the book fair to your school's demographics. No 
extraneous materials. They believe book fairs should promote reading. She 
said she would come  in and help set up the fair and even help man it if 
necessary.

If you have specific types of books: those on your state list, for example, 
they will work with you to get those. Also, they usually provide a number of 
bargain priced books (still good quality, she assured us) for those who 
can't afford the higher priced books. She tries to get a good mix of prices. 
I can't remember the details about how much you would make on the fair, but 
I remember it sounded good.

They also offer online book fairs.

Here is the Usborne Book url: http://www.usbornebooks.com/

Here is the contact for the rep I heard if you want more info and perhaps a 
contact person for your area: http://www.enjoyreadingusborne.com




Toni Koontz
Librarian
St. Charles Preparatory School
Columbus, Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cmcgann" <cmcgann@DTSK8.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 8:52 AM
Subject: book fairs


> Our PTA asked me if there were any other book fair companies that
> librarians would recommend. We have been using Scholastic for years, and
> this PTA is very aware the commercialism with all the extra "toys' that
> come with Scholastic and they usually don't display them. They are also
> very good to the library with the money they earn from it. However, they
> would like to investigate other companies to compare.
>
> Thanks for any tips,
>
> Carol McGann
>
> Librarian Delaware Twp School District
>
> Sergeantsville, NJ 08557
>
> cmcgann@dtsk8.org
>
>
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