Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:54:38 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Samuel Lubell <lubell at boo.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Spreading the Word
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

I agree.  Putting our flyers into other people's books (library or
bookstore) is more likely to annoy natural allies (booksellers and
librarians) than it is to bring in members.

The correct way to do this is to ask the librarian or bookstore manager if
they could post our flyer.  I've done that with a number in my local area
and have asked other WSFAns to do the same.

At 08:25 AM 11/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>         Well, I have a Nick Pollotta book in my personal library and Keith
>is certainly welcome to drop by and place a Capclave '04 flyer in it.
>         As a librarian myself, I am somewhat uncomfortable with placing
>flyers in public library books without the consent of the appropriate
>library director.  And I doubt that most professional librarians will
>appreciate our using their books as advertising vehicles even for the
>library related purpose of a reader oriented convention.  Better to ask
>consent and risk rejection than create ill will by assuming acceptance IMHO.
>Earlier this year, I donated money to the Mary Riley Styles Library in Falls
>Church and generated good publicity and good will by working within the
>library's rules.
>         As an alternative, how about placing flyers on the community
>bulletin boards that most libraries maintain?  I maintain a (Disclave-era)
>WSFA business card on a bulletin board in a Falls Church game store.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith F. Lynch [mailto:kfl at KeithLynch.net]
>Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:53 PM
>To: WSFA members
>Subject: [WSFA] Re: WFC
>
>Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > Keith, this is an absolutely excellent idea.  It's probably too late
> > to do more of this for this year -- best would be to put them into
> > the books in libraries quite early -- but it's something folks doing
> > publicity for future conventions should follow up on.
>
>Thank you.  Unfortunately, I haven't seen any Nick Pollotta books at
>the local library or local bookstores either.  (He's the '04 GoH.)
>
>Maybe MJW should select a GoH who has books in print.
>--
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