tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post535100315244844559..comments2023-03-22T03:46:05.342-07:00Comments on One Finger Typing: Book clubs in a box from the public librarySteve Masoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-59948761140222283402011-05-10T04:29:45.344-07:002011-05-10T04:29:45.344-07:00@Glenn -- thanks for the inside scoop!
We haven&#...@Glenn -- thanks for the inside scoop!<br /><br />We haven't used them yet in my reading group. I mean, I just discovered them on Saturday. But the way we pick books doesn't lend itself (as it were) to advanced-planning very well: we 'negotiate' our next book at each meeting, which pretty much eliminates the possibility of checking out a box-o-books in advance for "next time" distribution.Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-232347261354665852011-05-09T22:42:57.507-07:002011-05-09T22:42:57.507-07:00So have you taken advantage of 'em yet?
The N...So have you taken advantage of 'em yet?<br /><br />The North & Claremont branches ran book discussion groups - and bought copies of a featured book for the use of the discussion group (I think the money came from the Friends of the Library, but I might be wrong) - once the discussion had happened we had these piles of books left over. What to do with them? Somebody had the clever idea to offer them boxed as instant book clubs. I don't know who. And I don't know how many popular they've been. Very, I hope.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.com