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Books and Book Clubs: By and for Latinas
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Sewing circles, coffee klatches, book-of-the-month clubs - these mini-communities seem to exist in a faraway time, when life was slower and women stayed at home all day. Times have drastically changed, but people still want to congregate and share their thoughts. The first book club dedicated to Latina writers began this February, and it doesn't take place in a parlor room. In fact, there aren't even walls.
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Back Talk: The Book Club; Half the Fun's in Getting There
Jewish Exponent
; Brian Glaser Jewish Exponent 08-15-1996 Back Talk: The Book Club; Half the Fun's in Getting There. I finally got to The Book Club. I call it The Book Club instead of just a book club because getting to my first meeting turned out to be a year-long trek through the desert. During my job search last
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KCPL adds Mystery Book Club to OnLine Book Club selections
Charleston Gazette
; ... Book Club - Mysteries, comedies, true-life adventure and even some science fiction, all geared toward teen interests. - Good News Book Club - Books that "you could bring home to Mom." These books will make you laugh, cry and really think about what is important ...
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KCPL adds Mystery Book Club to on-line roster
Charleston Gazette
; ... Book Club - Mysteries, comedies, true-life adventure and even some science fiction, all geared toward teen interests. - Good News Book Club - Books that "you could bring home to Mom." These books will make you laugh, cry and really think about what is important ...
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Clubs' picks show variety of quality: SUNDAY BOOK CLUB
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; ... Interpreter of Maladies" (2000) and, Earle says, "Jill Browne's Sweet Potato Queens series always results in lots of much-needed laughs." What about news from your book club? E-mail and let us know. To contact Regina C. Davis, use e-mail or call 348-7936.
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Slow sales forces book club titan Bookspan to adopt the Netflix formula
Long Island Business News
; Battling sagging industry sales, book club titan Bookspan is struggling for readers' eye-share with audio-book boutiques, plans to publish an exclusive thriller and a club that adopts the Netflix formula. The book market is becoming so different than it was 20 years ago, said Janet Wolf, Bookspan's
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My book club horror story Book clubs sound so genteel, but they're a hotbed of one-upmanship and female rivalry that takes you right back to your schooldays
Evening Standard - London
; Helen, it's me' said the voice on the other end of the phone sheepishly. 'We've been talking, and it's just that we thought you would be happier in a different kind of book club one that is more intellectually challenging, perhaps.' That was that. No hearing, no appeal, no mercy. I had just been
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My book club horror story; Book clubs sound so genteel, but they're a hotbed of one-upmanship and female rivalry that takes you right back to your schooldays.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: HELEN KIRWAN-TAYLOR Helen, it's me-' said the voice on the other end of the phone sheepishly. 'We've been talking, and it's just that we thought you would be happier in a different kind of book club- one that is more intellectually challenging, perhaps.' That was that. No hearing, no
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Book club buyers: they like getting mail, and they respond - on average, every three weeks!
Target Marketing
; With an emphasis on recency, frequency and monetary value in picking who to mail to and how often to mail, book club buyers are an excellent market to target. First, they are among those receptive to offers by mail - the most important aspect in choosing prospects. Second, they have chosen to be a
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And then Oprah decided to drop her influential book club. The End.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; And then Oprah decided to drop her influential book club. The End. TV segment helped sell millions of novels, made stars of authors By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK New York Times Saturday, April 6, 2002 Oprah Winfrey, one of the most powerful women in the media who made bestsellers out of the works of
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Novel about book club is an introduction to Austen
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; sundaybookclub@wvgazette.com MY guess is, there's a book club for everyone. Romance novels, science fiction, feminist literature, classic literature - you name it. If you're lucky, your book club has a mix of people with different backgrounds and views on books that run the entire spectrum. That's
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