[ISLMA-Share] Tabletop book fair

Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association islma at list.railslibraries.info
Wed Sep 21 11:34:51 CDT 2016


I was also told 2 years ago that if you don't have enough in sales that you
will have to do a table top fair. Needless to say I cut my ties with
Scholastic. I am still looking for a good high school fair company.

On Sep 21, 2016 8:54 AM, "Email list for the Illinois School Library Media
Association" <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> You can take credit cards through the book fair toolkit. I just looked
> into it yesterday, since my fair is supposed to be here Friday. You have to
> type in their name and credit card info. If they give you an email address,
> it will send them a receipt. We’re supposed to get an email with daily
> receipts of credit card sales. I was told we just need to add up all the
> cash at the end and send that to Scholastic, we don’t need to keep track of
> what we’re selling.
>
>
>
> __
>
> Cindy Beaudry::Certified Library Media Specialist
>
> RESA Middle School
>
> (815)490-5125::cindy.beaudry at rps205.com
>
> Currently Reading: "Here" by Denise Grover Swank
>
>
>
> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.
> railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2016 8:41 AM
> *To:* Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association
> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Tabletop book fair
>
>
>
> I have run our book fair during our chili supper the last few years. (I am
> in a classroom now, so I don't get to have it during the school day.) I
> have been informed about a "tabletop" fair also. During the chili supper
> I'm supposed to be open for two hours. I stand and check people out
> continuously for at least 2.5 hours. There is absolutely no way that I
> would even want to consider running a fair without the register.  Most of
> the parents want to use debit or credit cards. (They are used to being able
> to use them now.) Does anyone else fell this way, and what response have
> you gotten from Scholastic?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Cheryl B
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> One of our smaller schools used the tabletop book fair.  It seemed to work
> okay, but I know if you don't have a percentage of sales, Scholastic will
> make it a tabletop one. We put ours in an empty classroom.  I was not
> involved--the PTO ran it.   The selection was limited and did not include
> older titles.
>
> Nancy Genteman
>
> Highland CUSD#5
>
> Highland, IL
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> I'm curious if you all are experiencing this because of your sales
> volume.  I was told 2 years ago that I had to go to "box" fairs.  I had
> several problems with that including the fact that they WOULD NOT send me
> the more mature titles I wanted (the ones that sold well).  I talked them
> into letting me keep the cart fairs.  Are they getting rid of cart fairs
> completely?  I don't have space OR tables to do a box fair.  Opening those
> carts and selling was so simple.  Not sure what I'll do now.
>
> Connie
>
>
> Connie Workman
>
> VIT CUSD #2
>
> Table Grove, IL  61482
>
> cworkman at vit2.org
>
> (309) 758-5138
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> We just set up a tabletop this afternoon. It looks good but were unable to
> use many of the table top displays as we have mostly free-standing table
> and I am afraid of the displays getting knocked over. My big disappointment
> is no cash register. It's like going back to the 1980s. Very
> time-consumming.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> So this year is the first year that I will be having the tabletop book
> fair by Scholastic. Has anyone had one yet? I have had the "big-case" book
> fairs for the past 3 years and loved them. Now Scholastic throws this at me
> and says that there won't be cases or a cash register. I am a bit afraid of
> the unknown when it comes to this.
>
>
>
> Any pointers? Any advice?
>
>
>
>
>
> *Mr. Tim Yoder*
>
>
>
> Librarian
>
> Harvard Junior High School
>
> 1301 North Garfield Street
>
> Harvard, IL 60033
>
> 815-943-6466 ext.2337
>
> Fax 815-943-8521
>
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Susan Yallaly
>
> District Media Specialist
>
> Unit 50
>
> 801 West Main
>
> Teutopolis IL 62467
>
> 217-857-3130, ext 235
>
> 217-369-0580 (cell)
>
> yallalys at ttown.k12.il.us
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.railslibraries.info/pipermail/aisle/attachments/20160921/10b6c114/attachment-0002.html>


More information about the AISLE mailing list