5 Great Ways to Promote Your Community Book Sale

1. Hang up posters and flyers (178K PDF Form) two weeks before your sale. They should be in high traffic areas, such as schools, local grocery stores, churches, and local businesses. Be sure to get approval before you hang them up. Remember to place Bandit signs on busy roads leading to the sale.
2. Use school, church, and business marquees to promote the sales with dates and times.
3. Make your sale coincide with another school event, such as an art show or sporting event. If people are already coming to one event, they are likely to check out your sale.
4. Copy and distribute the Community Book Sale flyer (178K PDF Form) to community members.
5. Publicize the sales in the school’s newsletter and Web site. Remember to publicize it in local newspapers, radio, TV, etc.