Barnes & Noble.com has launched its online book club, called Barnes & Noble Book Clubs,
which are free. This fall nearly 30 authors will lead discussions of
their books while book club moderators will focus discussions on
literary classics and self improvement, personal finance, cooking and
health titles, among other areas.
The site includes message boards, and users will be able to create profiles, share lists of favorite books and authors, sign up for e-mail updates and send messages to other users.
Author-led clubs will feature Carl Hiaasen, whose new book, Nature Girl, pubs November 14, Diane Setterfield, author of The Thirteenth Tale, a B&N Recommends title, Adriana Trigiani, author of Home to Big Stone Gap and Jack Canfield, the Chicken Soup guy, whose new book is You've Got to Read this Book.
"The new Book Clubs are a natural extension of the thousands of book clubs at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide," Marie Toulantis, CEO of B&N.com, said in a statement. "This new online community meets the needs of authors who are eager to reach as broad an audience as possible, and our customers, who want to interact with their favorite authors and with like-minded readers in an online forum with easy-to-use features."
The site includes message boards, and users will be able to create profiles, share lists of favorite books and authors, sign up for e-mail updates and send messages to other users.
Author-led clubs will feature Carl Hiaasen, whose new book, Nature Girl, pubs November 14, Diane Setterfield, author of The Thirteenth Tale, a B&N Recommends title, Adriana Trigiani, author of Home to Big Stone Gap and Jack Canfield, the Chicken Soup guy, whose new book is You've Got to Read this Book.
"The new Book Clubs are a natural extension of the thousands of book clubs at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide," Marie Toulantis, CEO of B&N.com, said in a statement. "This new online community meets the needs of authors who are eager to reach as broad an audience as possible, and our customers, who want to interact with their favorite authors and with like-minded readers in an online forum with easy-to-use features."