What are the benefits to
readers of being a book club member? I can think of several. You interact with
others who share a love of reading. You get another viewpoint of the books you
read. And you’re encouraged to read outside your usual comfort zone.
What about authors? Aside
from building your reader base, discussing your books often brings up points
you might not have considered when you wrote them, points that add depth to
future books. Besides that, you get to play celebrity, and that’s always nice.
Now I’d like to introduce
you to Nora St. Laurent, who, with her husband, Fred, founded The Book ClubNetwork. Here’s what Nora says about it. “The Book Club Network was born out of a desire to share Christian
Fiction authors with other book clubs, share book club ideas with other leaders
and to encourage the authors who are writing such amazing books… It’s a place
to find where a book club is located. We have a member map where you can find a
book club near you, then message them to see if they are accepting new
members.” Existing book clubs that join TBCN can post their book club page at
the site for others to see, share their latest featured book, put up pictures
of their members and meetings.
Like free books? Nora says, “We’ve
been giving away about 100 books a month and for our birthday bash it’s going
to be 10 books every day throughout the month of August.” To get more details,
go to their site.
Thanks, Nora, for giving us the
inside scoop on TBCN. I hope a number of my readers will join the group.
How about you? What’s your opinion
of book clubs? Tell us about the book club of which you’re a member. Authors,
how about the clubs with which you’ve met? I’d love to hear.
3 comments:
THANKS for letting your readers get to know about TBCN'S BIG BIRTHDAY BASH!! We are so thrilled be be able to giveaway 10 Christian Fiction and a few Non-fiction books per day.
We will be picking winners each week and announcing winners each week. You can enter every day and interact with most authors that are featured!!
THANK YOU AGAIN for taking the time to let readers know about this great opportunity.
Richard we enjoyed speaking to you at Finding Hope's Book Club meeting too. We really enjoyed your books! We're glad you are writing medical thrillers!
Blessings
Nora St.Laurent
The Book Club Network CEO
From an author's perspective, visiting book clubs can be an interesting and enlightening experience. You open yourself up for both positive and negative comments, because not everyone is going to enjoy the book or relate to the protagonists. They may not "get" the book at all!
Even so, you can learn so much from readers about what they liked and didn't like, and even what themes or symbolism they identified that maybe you hadn't realized you'd included! Very definitely a worthwhile experience!
Nora, Glad to have you contribute. Hope my readers will check out The Book Club Network.
Myra, you're so right. It's fun to speak to a book club, but you have to be ready to go in unexpected directions...like, "What's the overarching theme of your series?" Had to think about that one for a bit. But it's always good to be challenged.
Thanks for your comments.
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