School Book Fairs

[Anonymous]

We have an upcoming book fair at my DC's FCES and I was wondering if the book prices are better at these fairs than ordering through Scholastic. We have an order due soon to Scholastic, but I want to get my DC a book collection that is quite pricey and I'm not sure if I should wait for the book fair and hope they have the collection and it's cheaper or just buy through Scholastic.

[Anonymous]

If it's run through Book Worm Central, then it's more expensive than Scholastic, but benefits the PTA. We usually buy books from both Scholastic and the PTA/BookWorm book fair, but save the expensive purchases for big discounts from Scholastic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it's run through Book Worm Central, then it's more expensive than Scholastic, but benefits the PTA. We usually buy books from both Scholastic and the PTA/BookWorm book fair, but save the expensive purchases for big discounts from Scholastic.

Thanks! I kind of assumed that the book fair was a fundraiser of some sort so I'll try to buy a few things, but will probably go ahead and buy the collection of books that my DC wants from Scholastic now.

[Anonymous]

If it's a Scholastic Book Fair, the collection may be there, but it may not. The inventory is hit-or-miss. The prices probably wouldn't be any different (although at the end of the year book fair at my school, it's usually B1G1 free).