Creating a Store Culture where Fun is GOOD
A March Madness Event
March 5: Main Street Reads in Summerville, SC
Learn how Main Street Reads creates a culture of "Fun is GOOD" in the store with events, displays, and attitude. In service to their community as an important "third space," Main Street Reads' team is proud of the fun they create with customers to make every experience enjoyable. They'll present their approach and brainstorm free, cost-effective, and fun-packed ideas together with attendees, with plenty of takeaways.
"I love the camaraderie and brain dumping between booksellers, and have enjoyed attending March Madness events myself," says store owner Shari Stauch, "and bonus - Meeting the authors has been brilliant, more intimate/friendly than the NVNR conference. We got two big signings out of attending March Madness events last year!"
Stauch also insists that "fun" is part of the Main Street Reads mission: "Being a third space here requires that we make things FUN for readers of all ages," she says, "and it's the thing that can really differentiate an indie bookstore from other entertainment competition - the more bookstores that do this, the more we become a movement and can compete against video games and axe throwing."
At lunch, booksellers will meet Jenn Lyons, author of Green & Deadly Things.
Twice-nominated Astounding Award finalist Jenn Lyons lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, a rebellious cait sìth, and a nearly infinite number of opinions on everything from Sumerian mythology to the proper way to make a martini. After thirty years as a graphic artist, art director, and video game producer (in that order), Lyons now happily splits her time between game development and novel writing. Her geek roots run deep, beginning with first edition Dungeons & Dragons in grade school and continuing today with an ever-evolving roster of hobbies—recent obsessions include pyrography, stenography, and medieval occult manuscripts. She is also the author of The Sky on Fire and the A Chorus of Dragons series, which begins with The Ruin of Kings.
The Important Stuff:
If you want to make a trip of it: Apply for a Travel Scholarship
Hotels close to Main Street Books:
Hilton Garden Inn typically, but they're sold out those dates. The Hampton Inn Summerville next best bet.