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New contest launched September 2006
New products section
Grand Re-opening materials
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Welcome to the August issue of Bookstore Buzz

Dear Bookstore Managers:

I’m happy to announce that we recently purchased close to 300 new titles, which are now available on Teacherwide.com! To examine these new titles, simply browse within the Student-Run Bookstore categories on Teacherwide.com, or click the “Brand New Titles” link on the home page.

Enjoy this month’s newsletter, and don’t forget, if you contribute to our newsletter, we will send you a thank-you gift!!!  Betty Amos and Sue Flohr—look for your gift in the mail!

Sincerely,
Stephanie Klempner
Vice President – Teacherwide.com & Student-Run Bookstores
sklempner@schoolwide.com

Congratulations on Your Success

Only a year ago, Schoolwide, Inc. had only forty operating bookstores. We now have approximately four hundred bookstores, and we are growing daily!

Since this school year began, you have purchased more than 40,000 books, demonstrating your commitment to making books available to your customers and showing your dedication to getting books into the hands of your students.

We’d like to congratulate Bridget Wallen and Rose Hill Elementary, in Rose Hill, VA. Bridget purchased the largest number of books for her bookstore in the month of September—spending more than $800 for her bookstore. Way to go!

October is already looking terrific for all of our bookstores. It is an exciting time; our growth is a predictor of great things to come!

New products, see what we recomend for your bookstore!
Brand New Titles available for the bookstore
Brand New Titles available for the bookstore
great new supplies and displays available, check teacherwide.com great new supplies and displays available, check teacherwide.com
great new supplies and displays available, check teacherwide.com great new supplies and displays available, check teacherwide.com
great new supplies and displays available, check teacherwide.com great new supplies and displays available, check teacherwide.com
great new supplies and displays available, check teacherwide.com great new supplies and displays available, check teacherwide.com
Brand New Titles available for the bookstore Brand New Titles available for the bookstore Brand New Titles available for the bookstore

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Student-Run Bookstore Grand Re-opening materials and tools
Calling All Bookstore Managers – Join Our Think Tank

We would like to extend an invitation to all bookstore managers to join our newly forming Think Tank. We will “meet” online or on a conference call two to three times each year to discuss success in bookstores and ideas for new products and activities for your stores. We truly value your input and want you to be a part of our team!

We are limiting the Think Tank to fifteen members. Membership is available on a first-come basis, so if you are interested, please email sklempner@schoolwide.com. To show our appreciation, members will receive a gift certificate to Teacherwide.com.

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Student-Run Bookstore Grand Re-opening materials and tools

Now is the time to get your book critics involved. Click on the links below to download book review templates.

Book Review Template Grades K–2

Book Review Template Grades 3–5

Now is also the time to continue your bookstore promotions. As important as it is to use different tools to increase sales, it is also important to promote that you are using them. Make announcements, send flyers home, and create posters to let students and parents or family members know about all the promotions you have available.

Click on the links below to download templates to help you with your promotions.

  • Raffle Tickets – Download and print these raffle tickets, and provide one with each purchase at your bookstore. Once a week or once a month, select a raffle winner and use the morning announcements to congratulate the raffle winner. Raffle off books, gift certificates, or other prizes.
  • Frequent Shopper Cards – Download and print these cards, and give one to each student for each book purchased. After five books, the sixth book is free!
  • Prepaid Gift Cards – Download and print these cards to sell as prepaid gift cards. Offer parents and students the chance to purchase books through these terrific cards.
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Spotlight on a bookstore title Spotlight on a bookstore photo helping students enjoy reading

Morrison Academic Advancement – Where Innovation is the Key to Success

At Morrison Academic Advancement School in Jackson, Mississippi, the bookstore manager, Betty Amos, is creating innovative ways to get the school community to support their bookstore.

Betty has asked school staff members to sponsor at least five students and to purchase a gift certificate for each one. Students may then redeem their certificate for one book from the bookstore. 

After she receives full staff participation, Betty then intends to introduce this project to the parents and other family members. She will ask that they purchase one book for their child and donate a gift certificate for a book for another student.

Once she receives family support, she plans to ask City Council members to match the number of books the staff and families have donated. This is where she sees the importance of media participation—in the promotion of her plans.

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Take Notes: from Betty Amos!

1. Involve staff and community members in this worthy program.

2. Ask for parental support. Purchasing a gift certificate for one book can be something many parents or family members can afford.

3. Make plans, create a vision for your bookstoreís success, and then implement your plans to make your vision happen. Creating goals and implementing plans of action are the keys to any success!
Quote of the Month
"Thank you for being so patient and diligent with me!!!! We had the grand opening of our student-run book store this week, and it has been phenomenal!!!!

We are an inner-city school, and our students are buying books like you canít believe. Most of our students have no books of their own, and they are thrilled!!! A student told me today that he had hidden his book under his mattress so that his brothers and sisters would not get it!

I am anxious to order more books! I do so hope that we can be part of the Book Booster Program. I am just amazed at how many students are buying books!!!!"

Sue Flohr, Bookstore Manager Lakewood Elementary Huntsville, AL

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