Swiss book sale

Wisconsin is blessed with a number of small towns and villages that have a unique heritage.  Among them is New Glarus Wisconsin in the south west area of the state.  New Glarus was founded by a number of Swiss families because it reminded them of their European homeland and they could transplant their unique dairy farming to Wisconsin.

I spent this past Sunday in New Glarus at their summer art festival.  As I’ve come to expect in Wisconsin the weather refused to cooperate and the book sale was relegated to the basement of the Swiss United Church of Christ while the main event was located in a park across the street.

The book sale organizers placed handmade signs all around town but directing traffic into the church basement was a noble yet futile cause.
In terms of weekend book events this one was brief 10am to 3 pm.  In early afternoon one potential book buyer asked where the used books were located.  I didn’t understand the question but was able to learn that the local library was having a used book sale at the same time.  Had I known there would be competition from the local library I would have passed on the event.

In the five hours I sold two books.  The $30 table fee was a donation for the church’s mission in Salvador – so the cause was worthwhile.
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This event was my third in the last four weeks and I’m beginning to question the effort.  Has anyone else had experience with book sales events?