So, I firmly believe in supporting local businesses. I try very hard to follow the suggestions made by the 3/50 project, and my business is a member.
Here is my current dilemma. I know that we are going to get at least a couple books for people for Christmas. There is a FABULOUS local book store that I was planning to visit and ask them for advice. Buuuut, this weekend is my school's book fair at Barnes and Noble. They are having signings by some local writers whose books would be great gifts for these folks. To top it off, a portion of all the sales goes directly to the school. What do I do?
I feel like either way I'll be supporting local folks, but at the same time, I hadn't planned to buy books at these big stores really if I could help it. What would you do?
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Personlly, I would do the book fair. The proceeds are directly contributing to your place of business.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great you are trying to stick to local as much as possible, but I'm a firm believer that sometimes you can make exceptions.
Could you do a few books from the book fair and then a few others from the local place? If you want to do just one I'd go with the school-benefiting book fair for this situation.
ReplyDeleteI like Randall's idea!
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