[AISLE-Share] Book Fairs

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Does Scholastic offer a BOGO fair in the Spring without having a fall fair?
I was under the impression you can only get that if you have a Fall fair.

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 8:54 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We are in the process of having our first Follett fair now, and we have
> always used Scholastic in the past.
> We got off to a bad start with Follett.  All three schools did not get
> their order delivered until Thursday around1:30.  We were supposed to get
> it Wednesday since conferences were Thursday.  Luckily the set up was super
> easy unlike Scholastic which seems to take forever.  Follett had 4 cases
> which are super nice looking, and the table displays come in wire racks
> already set up and you just plunk them on the table.  The cash register is
> super easy too.  I like the clean looking set up and the only "junk" they
> have is pens and erasers which went super quick but they don't replenish.
> I don't like the fact that the books are mostly hardcover and definitely
> more expensive as a whole than Scholastic. But they are nice looking and
> not bent or open or ratty looking like some of Scholastics are.  The
> overall appearance of the fair is nicer and everyone has commented on that
> - kids, teachers and parents.
> Something that worries me is that I have a day and a half left of the fair
> and I am barely half of what I made last year with Scholastic.  So I am
> still a bit mixed - Scholastic reps seem better - more personal contact as
> opposed to email. Also, I feel like there are 3 or 4 different people
> emailing me from Follett, so I am not 100% sure who to contact with an
> issue.
>  I felt like I could get what I wanted with Scholastic, Follett limits
> your choices (they pick the # of cases based on your past sales, you can
> only pick a certain amount of categories like State award winners, bargain
> books, etc.)  I do like that Follett automatically sends you stuff based on
> your sales, so you don't have to think what you think will go fast and
> things can be drop shipped.
> I am having a Scholastic Buy One Get One in the spring because Follett
> doesn't offer one and I like to do that so the kids have books for the
> summer.
>   I haven't decided what to do next fall yet.
> Hope that helps.
>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 8:36 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> This may already have been discussed in the past, but has anyone had a
>> Follett Book Fair this year? If you have always used Scholastic and then
>> made the switch to Follett, what are the pros and cons?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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