Book clubs offer enriching and intimate experience of reading a book and sharing the thoughts about the same. It is usually a discussion forum where all the members gather to share the interpretation of the books that he or she has read. The book clubs are actually reading groups or circles as one would prefer to call it. The members meet at a particular place each month to talk about a specific work. The traditional book clubs that we come across are smaller in size and therefore each member has greater control over the books to be selected for reading. The small size of the book clubs is at once beneficial for it becomes easy to manage the less number of members and disadvantageous as the views and perspectives become limited.
Online Book Clubs: The technological advancements have lead to the creation of online book clubs which have much greater advantage over the conventional ones. The web is a vast domain that can accommodate almost everything that one needs information on. The web has a lot of book clubs which have greater accessibility and therefore are more popular. Those who turn to the internet will find a wider selection of books including those dedicated to a specialized genre or theme that are chosen by people from various age and backgrounds. Every good thing comes with a negativity attached to it. So online book clubs are no exceptions as the intimacy of a personal discussion is missing but an individual can have access to as many books as he or she wants at any time of the day. Some of the famous online book clubs include- SeniorNet, Utne Reader's Book Club, Salon.com Table Talk – Books, Reader's Paradise Forum and Constant Reader Message Board.
Names of Book Clubs: There are discount book clubs as well which provide good books at lower price and thereby save money while buying books for any reading group or book club.
Double day, The Literary Guild, Quality Paper Book club, Zooba Book Club, Soundview Executive Book Summary, Rhapsody Book Club, Worldwide Mystery Book club are some of the names of the different book clubs that can be further categorized as- best sellers and general interest book clubs, mystery, sci-fi and romance book clubs, special interest book clubs, children's book clubs, audio book clubs, book clubs by company and international book clubs besides the Scholastic Book Clubs, Children's Book Clubs, Reading Clubs, Women's Book Clubs, Science-fiction Book Clubs, Online Book Clubs , Commercial Book Clubs, Literary Book Clubs and Non-literary Book Clubs.
