Okay, y'all can call me crazy if you want to. I have a student intern this summer, and we just had a discussion about marketing the fiction section, what works, what doesn't. Do we want to highlight certain books, topics, genres? You know, the usual displays of series books, mystery titles, whatever. Or do we really want to mix it up?
Well, we're going for it. At least for a couple of months. We're going to rearrange the fiction section by genre. Not a lot of genres, mind you. Just the biggies: scifi/fantasy, mystery, and realistic. At least that's the start.
What will happen? Will circulation increase? Will it be a nightmare to reshelve those books? We haven't decided on genre stickers yet. Will the children find it appealing?
Will we need to open up a coffee bar in the fiction section? Okay, so it's a little Barnes & Noble. But they sell tons of books. (Sure, Amazon is doing pretty good, too, and you don't even see their displays!)
What do you think will happen? What will be the impact? Would you think about taking the plunge into reorganizing your fiction section?
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