The shifting culture of book clubs
What one does in their spare time is always a personal choice, of course, but is it really a surprise that the after-work book club is finding more and more… Read more »
A new service matches publishers with book clubs, everyone wins!
Here’s a bit of insider knowledge for some of you: publishers spend far too much time worrying about how they can get early copies of their books into the hands of… Read more »
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library lands in Ireland
Country singer, philanthropist, and actual living legend Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a charity dedicated to giving free books to children, announced this week that she will be expanding the program to… Read more »
Starting a reading group doesn’t have to be a nightmare
We’ll all been there: You read a book that blows you away and all you want to do is preach it to everyone you know. It could be a novel… Read more »
The Little Free Library’s Action Book Club combines reading and community service projects
We are big supporters of Little Free Libraries here at Melville House. A nonprofit that’s dedicated to book-sharing, building community, and spreading the love of reading? Count us in. There are… Read more »
Reading groups are more important than you think: they’re radical
The other day I was in a lunch meeting with a fellow marketing professional when the topic turned to book groups and reading guides. It got me thinking about how… Read more »
Jimmy Fallon’s new book club offers summer reads and a beach aesthetic
On the summer solstice, comedian and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon offered his audience a chance to vote on the inaugural pick in his new Tonight Show Summer Reads book club. Using just the… Read more »
Presenting… the Barnes and Noble Book Club!
Yesterday, we wrote about what looks like a Barnes-and-Noble-to-Amazon cloning program the country’s beleaguered largest bookselling chain is beginning to implement. Now, as Jim Milliot writes in Publishers Weekly, B&N has announced its plans to stir in… Read more »
These powerful ladies want you to read these powerful books by ladies
Nobody can sell a book like Oprah and her eponymous book club. I do not say this as a rhetorical flourish. Nobody can sell a book like Oprah. In 2005, Businessweek’s Hardy… Read more »
City-wide book club, “One Book, One New York,” announces the five books it wants everyone to read at the same time
One Book, One New York would like it if everyone in New York City was on the same page. Sponsored by BuzzFeed Books and the Commissioner of the New York… Read more »