Showing posts with label Armchair BEA 2012 Day 3. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Armchair BEA Day 3 – Topic “Networking...In Real Life?!”


Armchair BEA Day 3 – Topic “Networking...In Real Life?!


Today's suggested writing topic...we'd love for you to share a positive "real life" experience with books! Either by way of your own partnerships in your community, a book signing you went to or possibly even a get together with fellow book bloggers. Tell us all about it!”

My most recent “real life” experience with books happened on World Book Night, I posted about it here.

I love the whole idea of World Book Night and was thrilled to be accepted as a Giver. I was even more happy because I got to giveaway copies of The Hunger Games (I love the book and it's also the first book that everyone in my family has read and liked.)

I gave away the books at the community college library where I work. I was proud of myself because this was the first time that I was proactive at my job and actually asked to set up an event. I expanded the giving beyond the 20 copies of The Hunger Games by having people bring in books in good condition that they wanted to giveaway. This way there were plenty of books to go around. Now people are already looking forward to next year. I'm also thinking we might be able to have another giveaway with books people bring in if I promote it more and get more interest going (maybe once a month or bi-monthly). It was a ton of fun and has inspired me to become more involved at my library and to push for more events and interactions with patrons.