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How to host a book fair

Three parts to a great book fair: get your school registered, run and promote your book fair week by week, then close it out. Here's exactly how to do all three.

1 · Register your school 2 · Run & promote your book fair 3 · Close it out
Step 1 · Get Registered

Register your school

Registration is free and takes about five minutes. One person signs up on behalf of the school and becomes the main point of contact.

Already registered? You're all set here, jump ahead to running and promoting your book fair.
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Who should sign up
Usually the librarian, reading coordinator, administrator, teacher, or parent volunteer. You don't have to be an administrator, and you don't need any fundraising experience to run your school's book fair.

Register your school
Pro Tip
Register by September 1st to receive printed flyers for your book fair.
Step 2 · Run & Promote

Run and Promote Your Book Fair, One Week at a Time

Select your one-week book fair window, follow your personalized promotion plan, and use the printed flyers we provide to help spread the word.

Select your book fair window
Your personalized promotion plan

Ready to promote?

Get the full promotion playbook plus every poster, email, and social graphic you need.

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Step 3 · Close It Out

Close out your book fair

When your window ends, your book fair wraps up almost on its own. Here's what happens in the final stretch, and how to access your portal to close out your book fair.

1

Send the final reminder

Email families a last-call before your window closes. The email graphic is ready to go in the resources section.

2

Your book fair closes itself

At the end of your window the site closes automatically but your admin portal will stay open under your admin login.

3

Receive your books

Download your order sheets from the Book Fair Portal (instructions below). Orders ship straight to your school. Sort your orders and set up a delivery day. We recommend making this a fun event!

4

Thank your families

Share your book fair results and thank your families using the wrap-up graphic. Then celebrate a successful book fair!

Key step

Head to your Book Fair Portal

Manage your book fair with the new book fair portal. View your live stats, download your order sheets, and view your school's fundraiser.

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View your stats
Track orders and participation in real time
Download order sheets
Sort and hand out books by classroom
View your fundraiser
Earn up to 20% of sales in cash back
That's a wrap
Once your books arrive and you've thanked your families, your book fair is complete. There's no reconciling orders and no leftover inventory to return. Your earnings are finalized in your dashboard, and your fundraising check will be mailed directly to your school.