Presentation
It's true with a meal (though it gets scant attention at our house) and it's true with sales: part of the appeal is how it's presented.
This little wire book display is hardly elegant, but it is highly functional for the price, and I wish I had bought at least a dozen of them at Hobby Lobby when we were in South Dakota. I can't find them in the HL catalog, and have not had any luck locating anything similar using every search term I can conjure. The beauty of this little easel is that it is adjustable for one to three of my 5.5" x 8.5" books, and then collapses when not in use.
I can't be the only person peddling books to need this very item. I just can't seem to lay my hands (or my browser) on it. If anybody has a source for this item, please send it along. Laying the book flat on a checkout counter or display table in a shop or store is better than it not being there at all, but I think the presentation needs a dash of seasoning and some sprigs of parlsely for color.
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Posted by: Carl | August 31, 2006 9:48 AM
Fred there is an art show and fair in Waynesboro, Va the second weekend in Oct. I think. You might have an opportunity to sell your book there if you could contact the sponsors.
Posted by: Mary | August 31, 2006 12:59 PM
Not quite the same but you might try:
http://3ddesign.stores.yahoo.net/couneasmolac1.html
http://www.gibsonholders.com/index.php?cPath=23
Posted by: Gary Boyd | August 31, 2006 1:38 PM
Not the same, but what we use in the shop and at bookfairs. Nest for easy transport.
http://www.shopbrodart.com/shop/cb/product.aspx?pgid=239
Posted by: fredR | August 31, 2006 6:29 PM
Try searching for plate racks, too.
Posted by: Jane | August 31, 2006 7:47 PM
I'd bet you could make a passable book rack out of a metal coat hanger.
Posted by: pablo | September 1, 2006 7:45 AM