Monday, April 17, 2017

Week 15 Prompt


There are many ways to market a library’s fiction collection.  Here are three ways to market a library’s fiction books:

1.       Create a reading challenge – Promote a genre through a reading challenge program and then reward those who met the challenge.  Reading challenges are fun and it’s a way to introduce people to new books they may not have read otherwise.  The reading challenge is also a way to have all different ages and ability levels participate in the same challenge. 

2.      Social media/web page – Update social media pages often with information with whatever is being promoted to entice users.

3.      A read-a-like display – I found this idea on Pinterest and I love this idea!  Using popular, well known books, the library can display lesser known read-a-likes to get users to try something new.  Each shelf could focus on a different popular book with lesser known titles.

8 comments:

  1. Hi Kim.

    I like your idea of a reading challenge program, especially for children and tweens. I have 5 nephews and a niece (ages 4-13). Some of them love participating in their local library's summer reading challenge. They like working toward a price and also discussing books with kids their own ages. They consider the library a "FUN" place.

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  2. I love number 3 idea about the read A likes. You probably could also include movies and music if applicable! My childhood library would always have a reading challenge each year and the winner would design a bookmark and the library would create it and hand it out. Yeah, I won more than once and it was so cool to have my design used on bookmarks in one of my favorite places.

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    1. I had not thought about including movies and music, but that is a good idea. The bookmark idea would be fun too and I think it would generate a lot of interest.

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  3. A reading challenge sounds really cool because it would motivate to branch out of their reading comfort zone, and to also connect them with other patrons who may enjoy the genre. I like that you included a variety of age groups as that would create a fair sense of community in the library where all patrons would feel included and supported as they complete the reading challenge. Would you think would be a good reward for completing the reading challenge? Perhaps a book from the reading challenge that they really enjoyed?

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    1. I think I would try to get a donation from a local business as a reward. Maybe names could be placed in a drawing if they completed the challenge and we could select a handful to receive a reward. I think purchasing books would be too costly. I would try to stay away from restaurants and fast food chains too. My local library has a summer reading program for kids and my oldest use to participate. I just was so tired of having to eat junk food all summer because she met whatever requirement.

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    2. I love the reading challenge, I am a competitive person and I know other people thrive on that. I also like the read-alike idea as well.
      Great job!

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  4. Hi,That's a great idea to have a reading challenge! People do love a challenge. Last summer the adult summer reading was a BINGO sheet. Patrons had to read the genre in t he square to mark it off. An older woman came up to me and she only had the graphic novel square to go. She said she'd been putting it off because she didn't think she'd like it. She found a couple, checked them out, and two weeks later when she brought her sheet back to show us she had a BINGO - guess what? She told us she LIKED the graphic novel! If not for that BINGO game she may never have read one. So that was a GREAT idea you had!

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  5. Great prompt response! You've got some innovative ideas that can definitely help! A little on the short side though. Full points!

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