[aisle] Anderson’s Book Fair?

[Ranftl, Kelly]

I used Anderson's at my old school, and I just scheduled with them for
December.

Pros- Great selection, high-quality books, & very customizable. They will
work with your students' budgets- at my old school, $50+ budget/kid was
common, my new school $10/kid is common. Anderson's will send more
paperback and low-cost books this time and less hardcovers. You can
customize how much and what kind of "stuff/junk" you want to include in
your fair. The restocking time was great and the company driver brought
restock to me as needed.  I am Chicago-based, so that may have influenced
my restock experience.

Cons- The book trucks were handmade and some shelves were an awkward
height. Book titles were layered in the trucks to fit more titles, which I
hated. I chose to use tables so all the books could be seen by
the students. They are a small business and feel the credit card fees. A
huge portion of my fair at my old school was credit card purchases, and
they took a percentage of rewards to cover some of the CC fees. IDK if that
is still the case post-pandemic- my last Anderson's Fair was in 2018.

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 2:35 PM Laura Bollin via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Who has used Anderson’s Bookstore’s book fair company to set up a fair at
> their school? What are the pros and cons? What was your experience with
> them?
>
> My school is looking to schedule a fair with them given all the recent
> changes at Scholastic, so I thought I would reach out to all of you.
>
> Thank you so much for your help!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Laura Davis
> Librarian
> Saint Ferdinand School
> 3131 N. Mason Ave
> Chicago, IL 60634
> (773) 622-3022 ext. 312
> Bollin.laura1 at gmail.com
> ldavis at saintferdinand.org
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Laura Bollin Davis
>
> 773.860.8322
>
> bollin.laura1 at gmail.com
>
>
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