Book Fairs Companies

So let us talk book fairs...pros and cons as well as alternatives.  If you click on each company name, it should take you to the company's webpage!

Scholastic Bookfairs
PROS:
   Industry favorite
   Chairperson support - free signage, free table clothes, fancy cases for books, bags for merchandise,  clip art and fair files
   Online shopping
   Registers that take credit cards are provided
   50% profit or more in Scholastic Dollars (based on last years sales - this would be $3000 in  STEAM products for the new makerspace in the library)

CONS:
   Prices of books
   Excessive amount of non-book items available at a book fair - Klutz kits, expensive pens, diaries, etc...
   Big corporation - staff are continually changing so notes and requests are lost/overlooked - I am on at least my 4th home office representative in 9 years
   Focus on pop topics for books not award winning books

Reading Warehouse:
PROS:
   Large selection of non-fiction titles
   Just books and pencils
   $3 paper backs, $5 hard back books, and small selection of premium books
  Credit cards taken online only
  Small company
  Great customer service
  30% profit depending on size of fair (Last year I made $1100 from this fair)

CONS:
  No signage, table clothes, cases - just boxes of books
  Self set up - need lots of tables
  Must run a traditional cash box
  Slower re-stocks than some companies


Werner Books: (only available in Erie and Crawford counties in Pennsylvania)
PROS:
   Set-up assistance including signage
   3 for $5 books as well as selected regular priced merchandise
  All new books
  Small, local company
  25% if taken in books - 20% if taken as a cash out option

CONS:
   No credit processing unless representative is present
   No non-book items
   Local only
   Traditional cash box only
   Limited restocks
  

  I have used Scholastic for 9 years, Reading Warehouse for 2 year, and will be trying Werner books in May/June for the first time.

  Each has its pros and cons!

What companies do you use for book fairs?  What other options am I missing?