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Widget allows book clubs to occur anywhere on the Web

The Book Oven blog has brought to our attention a unique social networking site called BookGlutton that seeks to provide users with a new way to read online. According to the website, the application allows ... Read More »

May 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The battle over robot toothbrushes

By Eric Emin Wood

Two weeks ago we blogged about Scholastic's controversial misuse of its book clubs, but it would appear that was a mere footnote compared to the uproar generated by the company's Klutz division, which has published ... Read More »

February 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Scholastic misusing its book clubs?

By Eric Emin Wood

This Quillblogger has fond memories of opening Scholastic's book flyers every month in elementary school, browsing their selection, and paying two weeks' allowance for the thrill of choosing books without outside interference, and having them ... Read More »

February 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: books over Baghdad, Anne Frank: The Musical, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

We're back! Some book-related links: The Baghdad book revival (Associated Press) Anne Frank: The (Spanish) Musical (CBC Arts) Book clubs as self-help (The Guardian) Toronto Star literary critic Philip Marchand says so long and thanks ... Read More »

January 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Today's book clubs: no books allowed!

By Cassandra Drudi

The New York Daily News documents the demise of many young women's book clubs in the big bad city, due mainly to the fact that their members aren't reading the books and are instead talking ... Read More »

June 15, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Book clubs: scourge of the reading life

By Leigh Anne Williams

The CBC's recently relaunched arts website includes a screed by writer Li Robbins on the many evils of book clubs. Her point seems to be that they destroy the individual freedom and essentially solitary pleasure ... Read More »

January 31, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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