Huge Book Sale Two Weeks Away
In a little more than two weeks, you should hop in your car and head over on State Road 32 to Lebanon where Hachette Books will be conducting their annual sale.
No, this is not a paid commercial. It’s much better than that. It’s a testimonial from a guy who has been there, done that and bought the book. Check that, BookS with a big plural ending.
Here’s the deal.
Hachette is one of the nation’s (and world’s) preeminent book publishers. They have a warehouse / distribution center in Lebanon. It’s in the Lebanon Business Park on the west side of town, right off 32. Once a year, going back to the turn of the century, they get rid of their excess books by selling them for $1.
One American Dollar.
These are hardback, big-name authors. Bestsellers.
Baldacci. Patterson, J.K. Rowling.
The books that cost upwards of $30 and more in stores.
You get the drift.
“It’s become a tradition,” Gabrielle Gambrell, Hachette Chief Communications Officer, told me. “We open our doors to the community. It’s a really fun endeavor that requires a lot of resources.”
I’ll say. Be prepared to stand in line. Heck, be prepared to wait in traffic. This is so big that Lebanon P.D. will be out directing what will surely be a jammed parking lot – that’s part of the resources Gabrielle mentions.
Here’s another cool thing. Hachette, based in New York and the third-largest book publisher in the world, only does this sale in one place – the great Hoosier state.
“Hachette’s $1 book sale is one of the most exciting events that we host annually for our communities to make reading for pleasure accessible to everyone, Mike Shoults, CEO for Hachette Book Group U.S. Distribution said about the sale. “This year’s sale is especially unique as we mark Hachette’s 200th anniversary, and we’re working hard to feature our Raising Readers campaign. Raising Readers is a global social impact campaign addressing the decline in children’s reading for fun, and calls on parents and caregivers to read to children for just 10 minutes a day to make them smarter and happier. On June 13, we plan to give away more than 1,000 free children’s books in addition to the massive, discounted $1 book sale, furthering our mission to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, entertainment and opportunity.”
How cool is that!
Look, there’s no need for full disclosure here. I’m a newspaper guy. Have been almost all my life. So getting people to read more sure doesn’t hurt my business. But think about it. Reading and literacy doesn’t hurt any business. Any thing. Any one. Reading opens doors. It removes barriers. It expands minds.
Reading is wonderful and good on Hachette Books for doing this.
My wife and I have gone in the past and will go again. We bought all the grandpups books because we want them to be readers and are doing all we can to encourage that.
Hope we see you over there.
Two cents, which is about how much Timmons said his columns are worth, appears periodically in The Times. Timmons is the chief executive officer of Sagamore News Media, the company that owns The Noblesville Times. He is also a proud Noblesville High School graduate and can be contacted at ttimmons@thetimes24-7.com.
