Follett Book Fair Vs Scholastic
School book fairs generated 508 million for the.
Follett book fair vs scholastic. Whether running a fair or just shopping at one i d like to hear from you. For scholastic book fairs with sales of 2500 or above less sales tax you can receive 25 of the sales in cash or 50 in scholastic dollars or a split between the two. As scholastic fields complaints about merchandising included in book fair materials follett builds its own book fair program.
We normally sell about 3500 5000 worth of books at a book fair. Allison gale spent seven days running a scholastic book fair for leland nc middle school this fall. With this prediction we were offered 4 large cases two of the smaller floor cases i loved these and a choice of 4 table top units.
Support reading at home by getting more books to your students. I know this is a bit off topic. Scholastic please comment or pm me if you d prefer.
Follett book efairs are an easy contactless way to ensure students have access to great books while you earn rewards for your school. Our librarian presented us with the topic at our last meeting and would like us to look into switching. I am the book fair chairperson for our school pta and follett is now starting to offer book fairs and will be available in my area starting with the 2018 19 school year.
The launch of follett book fairs is a direct challenge to scholastic which has long dominated the business and does 120 000 fairs in the u s. If you have any experience with a school book fair through follett vs. Like scholastic they base how many cases books you receive on past sales.
So if your fair sales are 10 000 you would earn 2500 cash if it s a scholastic book fair and 2000 cash if it s a follett book fair. If you have had a follet book fair what were your profits vs the scholastic fair. A recent book fair at the leland middle school in north carolina.