The first Saturday in December, University Book Store in Seattle, WA opened its first “Holiday Advice Booth,” the brainchild of Stesha Brandon, the store’s events manager. Modeled after Lucy’s psychiatrist booth in “Peanuts,” book advice was offered for 25 cents, with the money raised going to the store’s Scholarship Endowment Fund, which helps financial-aid students purchase course materials and textbooks.
It was staffed in one-hour shifts from 10 to 6; advisors included Brad Craft, the store’s used-books buyer, Nancy Pearl, the World’s Librarian, two sales reps–Dan Christaens from Norton and David Glenn from Random House–and me (author of this article, Marilyn Dahl). Stesha was our runner (and supplier of homemade baked goods). We had a blast.
Sounds like a lot of fun; read the entire article at Shelf-Awareness.
Maybe library friends shops could do something similar? Of course, there’s only one Nancy Pearl, but those friends have done a lot of reading over the years…
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