Let's have a second-hand book fair ???

Wendy · 10th-March-2005, 10:32 AM

Only just noticed we had a book club !!!!

I am planning to get rid of a lot of books and wondered if anyone else wanted to help out running a book fair or if they had books to sell. I always feel charity shops have tattered old mags and second-hand book shops give you pennies for perfectly good books....

Thought we could hire a big hall for the day, cover our costs and give the profit to charity... maybe even have a craft bit too (bet Emma's cards would sell well

)....hey we could even have a party at night !!!!

Any comments/ideas welcome !!! Anyone done this kind of thing before ???

Wx

**Aleks** · 10th-March-2005, 10:38 AM

Fantastic idea!

azande - you can go only if you stick to the shoes rule you laid out for me: one book out, one book in, preferably in that order!

Wendy · 10th-March-2005, 10:43 AM

But what if Azande made you have a second-hand shoe sale !!!!!

Wx

Wendy · 10th-March-2005, 10:46 AM

... or second-foot shoe sale ....

Wx

azande · 10th-March-2005, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Aleks

Fantastic idea!

azande - you can go only if you stick to the shoes rule you laid out for me: one book out, one book in, preferably in that order!

I might be prepared to do one book in, one book out.

Wendy · 10th-March-2005, 11:02 AM

and at THAT rate, our book fair would get into the Guiness book of records !!!

What about a shoe AND book sale ???? I feel this is losing its focus already.... I should have known

Craft, art, book, healing, dance and shoe fair ?? Bet it's never been done !!!!

Wx

**drathzel** · 10th-March-2005, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Wendy

Only just noticed we had a book club !!!!

I am planning to get rid of a lot of books and wondered if anyone else wanted to help out running a book fair or if they had books to sell. I always feel charity shops have tattered old mags and second-hand book shops give you pennies for perfectly good books....

Thought we could hire a big hall for the day, cover our costs and give the profit to charity... maybe even have a craft bit too (bet Emma's cards would sell well

)....hey we could even have a party at night !!!!

Any comments/ideas welcome !!! Anyone done this kind of thing before ???

Wx

Completely!! Count me in! We could do like a car boot thing only indoors! It would be good to raise money for charity plus it would be lots of advertisment for ceroc!! (we might even get some more men coming along)

Fab idea Wendy!

Wendy · 10th-March-2005, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by drathzel

Completely!! Count me in! We could do like a car boot thing only indoors! It would be good to raise money for charity plus it would be lots of advertisment for ceroc!!

Thanks !!!! I hadn't necessarily thought of it as a CEROC thing......was just thinking that a group of us could get together and do something for a good cause ... there must be loads of people out there with great ideas and hidden talents (well we know they can dance !!!) and old books that simply gather dust...

Wx

Little Monkey · 14th-March-2005, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by azande

I might be prepared to do one book in, one book out.

Can't just SELL books!! I'll trade all the books that I've got that I don't like for new ones!!

Can't live without books....................

LM

John S · 15th-March-2005, 12:26 PM

If this does go ahead, to make it worthwhile you really do need an enormous number of books and a cheap way of reaching the public - local gala days are quite good, as you won't pay much (if anything) for a stall and you're reasonably assured of a crowd - especially if Wendy is going to dance for them. Otherwise, if you have to pay rent and all the other costs of transport involved it would probably be cheaper just to give all the books to Little Monkey.

Alternatively, we could have a swap shop - list all the books we plan to get rid of, and then see what others have to offer. For example, I'm happy to throw in my well-thumbed copy of the "Kama Sutra", or perhaps even "Brechin City FC - The Wilderness Years (1890 - 2005)".

Little Monkey · 15th-March-2005, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by John S

Otherwise, if you have to pay rent and all the other costs of transport involved it would probably be cheaper just to give all the books to Little Monkey.

Now that sounds like a plan!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by John S

Alternatively, we could have a swap shop - list all the books we plan to get rid of, and then see what others have to offer. For example, I'm happy to throw in my well-thumbed copy of the "Kama Sutra", or perhaps even "Brechin City FC - The Wilderness Years (1890 - 2005)".

Good idea until I saw your list of books! Now I'm scared!

LM

Wendy · 15th-March-2005, 11:12 PM

Extras from Planet of the Apes and distinguished and discerning mature gentlemen types.. I might have known !!!!

Some good comments John, thank you.

I was thinking 500 cerocers 5 books each... 12 volunteers... a van...nowhere close.. might have a look at that Kama Sutra book though.. maybe make up a new mj move .. you know "man puts leg round lady's neck" kind of thing

Wx

CJ · 16th-March-2005, 11:34 AM

Have van, will travel.

Wendy · 17th-March-2005, 10:52 AM

Thank you CJ !!!! Hope you 're not just using that as a ploy to get your hands on John's copy of the Kama Sutra though ... research for your 2005 version "The Kama Sutra revisited - in a kilt" ...swoon....

Well I reckon I have about at least 50 books to sell and I've made some enquiries about hiring a hall... so watch this space !!!

If anyone else has any ideas on how to go about this then please share them !!!!

Wx

**drathzel** · 17th-March-2005, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wendy

Thank you CJ !!!! Hope you 're not just using that as a ploy to get your hands on John's copy of the Kama Sutra though ... research for your 2005 version "The Kama Sutra revisited - in a kilt" ...swoon....

Well I reckon I have about at least 50 books to sell and I've made some enquiries about hiring a hall... so watch this space !!!

If anyone else has any ideas on how to go about this then please share them !!!!

Wx

I reckon i have about 25 books to sell! so count me in!

DX

azande · 17th-March-2005, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drathzel

I reckon i have about 25 books to sell! so count me in!

DX

I reckon I could buy at least half a dozen!

CJ · 17th-March-2005, 02:57 PM

Question for "Bookies"

We have record fairs for collectors of music: is there a literary equivalent?? Is it possible to just have a stall there? Would the books be interesting enough?

Am raiding book collection today....

John S · 18th-March-2005, 01:38 PM

Just a thought - any chance of combining the book sale with a Ceroc busk, eg in an indoor shopping centre?

EG I think Franck is planning a busk in early April to publicise the new Dundee venue - may not be enough notice to plan it and get permission, but maybe worth a thought for somewhere else later?

I've certainly got books I could contribute - any ideas for the charity the money would go to (eg The John S Retirement Home for Aged Taxi Dancers?).

Little Monkey · 22nd-March-2005, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by azande

I reckon I could buy at least half a dozen!

Half a dozen??? Couple of carrier bags full and a new bookshelf for me, please!!!

LM

Little Monkey · 22nd-March-2005, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by John S

I've certainly got books I could contribute - any ideas for the charity the money would go to (eg The John S Retirement Home for Aged Taxi Dancers?).

How about a charity for Little Monkies? Or perhaps one for poor starving Norwegian potters??

LM

10th-March-2005, 10:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wendy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Versailles (yeah, in the chateau itself !) Posts: 1,458 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 270	Let's have a second-hand book fair ??? Only just noticed we had a book club !!!! I am planning to get rid of a lot of books and wondered if anyone else wanted to help out running a book fair or if they had books to sell. I always feel charity shops have tattered old mags and second-hand book shops give you pennies for perfectly good books.... Thought we could hire a big hall for the day, cover our costs and give the profit to charity... maybe even have a craft bit too (bet Emma's cards would sell well )....hey we could even have a party at night !!!! Any comments/ideas welcome !!! Anyone done this kind of thing before ??? Wx

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Aleks Taxi Dancer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tarbrax Posts: 2,373 Rep Power: 3 Reputation Total: 864	Re: Let's have a second-hand book fair ??? Fantastic idea! azande - you can go only if you stick to the shoes rule you laid out for me: one book out, one book in, preferably in that order! __________________ "Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it." Mahatma Gandhi

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Wendy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Versailles (yeah, in the chateau itself !) Posts: 1,458 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 270	Re: Let's have a second-hand book fair ??? But what if Azande made you have a second-hand shoe sale !!!!! Wx

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Wendy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Versailles (yeah, in the chateau itself !) Posts: 1,458 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 270	Re: Let's have a second-hand book fair ??? ... or second-foot shoe sale .... Wx

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Wendy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Versailles (yeah, in the chateau itself !) Posts: 1,458 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 270	and at THAT rate, our book fair would get into the Guiness book of records !!! What about a shoe AND book sale ???? I feel this is losing its focus already.... I should have known Craft, art, book, healing, dance and shoe fair ?? Bet it's never been done !!!! Wx Last edited by Wendy : 10th-March-2005 at 11:06 AM.

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John S Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Deepest, Darkest Fife Posts: 1,077 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 173	Re: Let's have a second-hand book fair ??? If this does go ahead, to make it worthwhile you really do need an enormous number of books and a cheap way of reaching the public - local gala days are quite good, as you won't pay much (if anything) for a stall and you're reasonably assured of a crowd - especially if Wendy is going to dance for them. Otherwise, if you have to pay rent and all the other costs of transport involved it would probably be cheaper just to give all the books to Little Monkey. Alternatively, we could have a swap shop - list all the books we plan to get rid of, and then see what others have to offer. For example, I'm happy to throw in my well-thumbed copy of the "Kama Sutra", or perhaps even "Brechin City FC - The Wilderness Years (1890 - 2005)".

15th-March-2005, 11:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
Wendy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Versailles (yeah, in the chateau itself !) Posts: 1,458 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 270	Extras from Planet of the Apes and distinguished and discerning mature gentlemen types.. I might have known !!!! Some good comments John, thank you. I was thinking 500 cerocers 5 books each... 12 volunteers... a van...nowhere close.. might have a look at that Kama Sutra book though.. maybe make up a new mj move .. you know "man puts leg round lady's neck" kind of thing Wx

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CJ Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fife. Posts: 4,983 Rep Power: 6 Reputation Total: 1744	Re: Let's have a second-hand book fair ??? Have van, will travel. __________________ Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. www.readitandweep.net Risk more than others think safe; dream more than others think practical; care more than others think wise; desire more than others think possible.. ... then the Universe is yours.

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Wendy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Versailles (yeah, in the chateau itself !) Posts: 1,458 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 270	Re: Let's have a second-hand book fair ??? Thank you CJ !!!! Hope you 're not just using that as a ploy to get your hands on John's copy of the Kama Sutra though ... research for your 2005 version "The Kama Sutra revisited - in a kilt" ...swoon.... Well I reckon I have about at least 50 books to sell and I've made some enquiries about hiring a hall... so watch this space !!! If anyone else has any ideas on how to go about this then please share them !!!! Wx

17th-March-2005, 02:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
CJ Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fife. Posts: 4,983 Rep Power: 6 Reputation Total: 1744	Re: Let's have a second-hand book fair ??? Question for "Bookies" We have record fairs for collectors of music: is there a literary equivalent?? Is it possible to just have a stall there? Would the books be interesting enough? Am raiding book collection today.... __________________ Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. www.readitandweep.net Risk more than others think safe; dream more than others think practical; care more than others think wise; desire more than others think possible.. ... then the Universe is yours.

18th-March-2005, 01:38 PM	#18 (permalink)
John S Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Deepest, Darkest Fife Posts: 1,077 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 173	Book Busk? Just a thought - any chance of combining the book sale with a Ceroc busk, eg in an indoor shopping centre? EG I think Franck is planning a busk in early April to publicise the new Dundee venue - may not be enough notice to plan it and get permission, but maybe worth a thought for somewhere else later? I've certainly got books I could contribute - any ideas for the charity the money would go to (eg The John S Retirement Home for Aged Taxi Dancers?).

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