National Kindle & Koffee Day!!

[cheerio]

Did the President make this a national day?

[lynninva]

Did the President make this a national day?

I think we are starting with the grass-roots approach.  Then they can make it an official holiday after it has been celebrated for a few years.   

[Susan in VA]

They have days for everything else...  some of them are pretty silly, but SOMEONE thought they were worth turning into a special day!   

I just checked, today shows up as "National Escargot Day"   

And the 6th is already Teachers'  Day, but plenty of days have two or three things listed.   I'd rather have our Kindles share a day with teachers than with snails.

[koolmnbv]

I'm curious if anyone let Starbucks know about this planned nationwide event for their chain?

It seems like if it got to corporate they'd be pretty happy,excited,intrigued,interested etc. Especially in these economic times. They might even acknowledge it on their website or in stores.

Has anyone emailed them explaining it and showing them the links to the blogs,amazon board,twitter, facebook pages etc. that this has been posted on?

[Ann in Arlington]

I'm curious if anyone let Starbucks know about this planned nationwide event for their chain?

I've sort of wondered that too.  Because, while they might be happy at a bunch of extra folks showing up on a Saturday, if it ended up being a big enough group their regular Saturday people might not be happy.  I can't see it being too huge, really:  there are so many Starbuck's so unless people plan to meet at a given one I wouldn't expect more than 2 or 3 per store.  It also depends on how many K owners get the message and are also willing to get out of bed on a Saturday. . . .<she said at 8 in the morning >. . . .anyway, it's a good idea. . . . too bad Amazon didn't think it up and work out some dedicated marketing with Starbuck's.

[Susan in VA]

I thought it was supposed to be at ten? 

And if you look at how many SBX there are, and how many Kindles......  and most Kindlers probably don't actively read any message boards to find out about things like this...  I really doubt there'll be a Kindle-crowd anywhere unless someone specifically plans that. 

Like we might.   

[Ann in Arlington]

I thought it was supposed to be at ten? 

10 is early for some people when it's a SATURDAY! 

[pidgeon92]

10 is early for some people when it's a SATURDAY! 

Or any other day.... 

[Susan in VA]

10 is early for some people when it's a SATURDAY! 

Well, yeah...  it's my day for sleeping in too...  but you know, in the interest of spreading the word about Kindles and all that....   some sacrifices must be made, etc.

[Harvey]

Kathy contacted me today - she's the one who came up with this idea and posted it in the Amazon forums.

She had a suggestion - that we make a simple poster that people can download and print out. Her local Starbucks said that she could post something like that on the corkboard.

Any graphics artists out there want to take a shot at that?

It should be B&W, and I would suggest 8 1/2 x 11 as a size. The text should say something like "Join us at your local Starbucks for National Kindle and Koffee Day | 10:00am - Saturday, June 6th | Bring your Kindle!"

It would be cool if it had a simple sketch of a Kindle and a coffee mug, too.

Please post in this thread, or if you prefer you can send me a PM with it.

[Harvey]

Here's a sample to get you started... but I *know* many here can do better than my attempt!

[Susan in VA]

Harvey, I'm no artist, but I have to say I really like your version, and I don't think it needs any improvement at all.


I'd suggest that once flyers like this get printed, they only get pinned up at those SBX that someone is actually planning to go to on the 6th... otherwise what if some non-Board-reading Kindler sees it and goes because of the flyer, hoping to see others, and nobody else is there...

[Kathy S.]

Harvey, I think that looks terrific! Can't wait to see if someone else comes up with another option, too!

I should mention that when I asked the manager of my local Starbucks about putting up a poster, she was very enthusiastic about it. She even thought that they could do some extra samples or something that day if people came for this. So anyone putting up a poster might want to let the manager know what's happening.

[perriggipees]

I'm interested in hearing what luck others have in posting this kind of notice.  Would the local Starbucks tolerate it or not?  Would they want some Starbucks rep to OK it?

Would someone near to Starbucks HQ be in touch with them?  If they don't treat us well, the next time we could go somewhere else.

[Angela]

I think the posters are a great idea.

I plan to be at the Starbucks in Longview, TX on HWY 259 across from Cheddars.

[Susan in VA]

I think they do want someone to approve what gets put up on the bulletin board, but from I see there, pretty much anything goes  --  I've seen offers for babysitting, rooms for rent, bicycles for sale, ads for nail salons, you name it....

[Neversleepsawink;)]

Love the sign Harvey. 

[Anju No. 469]

We do have a chicken place on a main road that offers coffee - plain old bitter yucky coffee - but I may get them to let me put a sign up there, they have lots of traffic walking by and see what happens.  I do know there are quite a few kindlers here and it would be fun to see who else might show up.  Also that way I won't have to sit on the curb with a cup of coffee and my kindle 

[koolmnbv]

I think that poster is great and a great idea! I love this entire Kindle Koffee day idea!

Thanks to Kathy for being so creative and coming up with this!

[sheltiemom]

Wow, I was kidding about that!  I didn't realize that a fellow KB'er lived so close!

I don't know anyone who has one around here and I never see them in the wild.  Before I got mine, I had never seen one.  It would be interesting to see if anyone else has one in the area.

[Kathy S.]

I just printed the poster out on cardstock, and it looks beautiful! Here's a hint for anyone else who wants to print it out, and who may not be as computer savvy as my 14-year-old son: you can make your web window smaller, then click on the image of the poster in Harvey's message above and drag it onto your desktop screen. The computer will ask you to make sure you want to do that, and you say OK. Then you can click on that icon to open the poster image in Paint. You can click to edit the image, then erase out the little spellcheck wavy lines that are under "Koffee" and "am." Save it that way and then print.

Thank you so much, Harvey! I am really pleased with the way this looks. I might mount it on a different color of cardstock that's a little bigger to give it a border.

[MeganW]

I'd be there, but I'm getting married that day, and will probably be a little busy!!

[Leslie]

I just printed out the poster, added the address of the Starbucks on Forest Ave. and sent my son off to see if he can hang it on their bulletin board. I'll report back!

L

[Anju No. 469]

Congratulations Megan - maybe if this is a good positive day for kindle and koffee we'll do another one later!

Have a nice wedding!

[Kathy S.]

I put my poster up today on the bulletin board at my local Starbucks. I mounted it on a creamy colored cardstock and got it laminated--it looks great. Has anyone else put up a poster yet?