August Merchandizing Ideas

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AugustMerchandizing Ideas
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August movies

• Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
  NASCAR movie starring Will Ferrell. 796.72.
  
• Barnyard computer animated kids movie show
  off all those farm-animal Easies!
  
• World Trade Center Oliver Stones 9/11 movie.
  973.931, 974.7
  
• Snakes on a Plane how about displaying some
  striking items from 597.96?
  
• Idlewild Andre 3000 and Big Boi (of the group
  Outkast) star in this movie set in the South
  during Prohibition. Great opportunity to push
  some YA historical fiction!
• How to Eat Fried Worms based on the J novel by
  Thomas Rockwell

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Football and Summer Reading

• The Ravens mascots, Edgar, Allen and Poe, will be
  making branch visits all month
  
• A rare opportunity to showcase football books and
  the works of Edgar Allan Poe!

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Super SRC displays at CO
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I heard it on NPR

• Books featured on NPR often become heavily
  reserved titles
  
• How about a special display of these books?
• Go to http//www.npr.org and click on Books to
  see the most recent titles featured on all NPR
  programs
  
• Jody Sharp (AO) passed along this great idea!

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Otakon 2006 is here!

• Ota-what?
• From the Japanese word for fan, this convention
  bills itself as the biggest and best celebration
  of Japanese animation, manga, J-pop, and east
  Asian culture in the world.
• 22,000 attended last year.
• Appealing mainly to kids and teens, fans dress as
  their favorite characters and spend loads of
  money.
  
• Otakon runs August 4-8 at 1st Mariner Arena.

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Get in on Otakon by showing off your

• Manga (J Y Graphic Novels)
• Anime (search animated films Japan)
• How to draw 741.5
• Game strategy 794.8
• Art 791.433
• And dont forget
• flcl (DVD series)
• Pokemon (JSeries, J DVDs)
• DragonballZ (CD soundtrack, J DVDs, Y)
• Princess Mononoke (DVD)
• Nausicaä of the valley of the wind (DVD)
• jpop (CD popular J)
• jrock, inc. by Josephine Yun. 782.4216
• Cruising the anime city an otaku guide to neo
  Tokyo. Macias Machiyama. 915.2

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Keep it current!

• BGE rate hike 333.79
• Water conservation and lawn care 635.9647
• Grilling 641.5784
• The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963 is
  Baltimores Book for summer 2006. Have similar
  books in mind when we run out of copies!
  

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August highlights

• Football Ravens first preseason game, vs. NY
  Giants, August 11
  
• Perseids meteor shower peaks August 12
• Tennis U.S. Open runs August 28 Sept 10
• Golf PGA Championship August 14-20
• August 22 is the last day to register to vote
  before the Primary Election
  
• First day of school! August 29