Barnes and Noble.com has announced the launch of its new online book club. The book club aims to be an online, interactive community of authors, experts, and readers. The book club is free and is located at www.bn.com/bookclubs.
From the official release:
Beginning today, visitors to Barnes & Noble.com can join online conversations with authors like Carl Hiaasen, the popular novelist whose latest book, Nature Girl, debuts November 14th. Nearly 30 authors will lead discussions about their books this fall, and Barnes & Noble.com’s Book Club moderators will lead discussions of other popular books, including literary classics and noteworthy titles in such categories as self improvement, personal finance, cooking and health.
Readers can access the Book Club message boards at their convenience, and can enhance their experience by creating user profiles, sharing lists of favorite books and authors, subscribing to e-mail updates, and sending private messages to other users.
"With Barnes & Noble.com's Book Clubs, readers are now able to find literary companionship 24 hours a day from wherever they are," said Marie Toulantis, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble.com. "The new Book Clubs are a natural extension of the thousands of book clubs at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide. 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."
Does this mean we get to instant message Stephen King while he's eating his breakfast? Because we could totally get into that.
