[ISLMA-Share] Tabletop book fair

Thu Sep 22 09:41:50 CDT 2016

Surely after all the hype this move has created, Scholastic will think
their decision. Perhaps they will come up with a better plan for next year.
Meanwhile, other companies are available.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I remember helping years ago...before they had cash registers. It took
> extra people to check people out, because you had to figure out the tax. I
> usually have people standing in a line, continuously, for the entire time.
> We aren't going to have a fair if they won't provide a register. I think
> the Scholastic company is going to regret this move.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> *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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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