SEO'Brien (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Should I start one? I don’t read enough but I feel like I keep coming across books that are worth your while. We’ve taken a random walk through search about books, caught up with Lance Loveday, and even plugged a little ole book that features me (teehee!). I get a kick out [...]
The Human Future (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
These 66 American women have joined the 66 Club . What do they have in common? What has brought them together? "All the women used the same anonymous donor, number 66, and their children share the same biological father." BBC Radio aired a program on these women, their children and the realities of an unregulated market. While sperm banks supposedly "retire" a donor after nine or ten births, that practice...
Super Cool Baby (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Need a good idea for a child's present? Try Giftlit, a book of the month club that gears the gift towards the age of the child. Choose between babies, 2-5, and older ages. In each age group, there are...
The View from My Chair (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Have you ever seen those magazine advertisement inserts inviting you to join the book of the month club or wine of the month club? Well I thought of one today that I have not seen before. How about blog of the month club? Each month a different blog would be featured in your RSS reader. [...]
Annoyed Librarian (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Many of you have possibly already read about The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones, a novel about one of Muhammad's wives that was to be published by Random House and had already been chosen as a Book of the Month Club selection. Alas, we'll probably not be able to read the novel. I wouldn't have read it anyway, because Muhammad's romantic life or Muslim views of women hold no interest for me whatsoever,...
http://kungfurodeo.com/feed/ (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Come on - how could you not enjoy getting literary treasures like this in your email? It’s like a book of the month club without the annoying dues or pretentious authors! Spread the word! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The Book of the Month Club now has an Arizona connection.
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Bertelsmann AG finally unloaded its US mail-order CD, DVD and books business, Direct Group North America, to Najafi Companies, an Arizona investment group. Terms were not disclosed, but Bertelsmann was hoping the unit would fetch about $400 million . The deal is expected to close in Q3. The US arm of Direct Group, which includes Book-of-the-Month Club and Columbia House, has struggled for years. But...
Bizblogger (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) said all that needs to be said on Scott McLellan's testimony this morning: "Welcome, everyone, to the Judiciary Committee's first Book of the Month Club meeting. It's hard to take Mr. McClellan or this hearing seriously."
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Press Secretary to disgruntled former employee Scott McClellan is testifying in the House Judiciary Committee today. One Republican congressman isn't impressed with the whole circus: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, is criticizing former White House Press Secretary Scott's McClellan's appearance before the panel as a waste of time and suggested McClellan's...
Destructoid (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
[ Editor's note: Educate Yourself is kind of like a book of the month club. Each month, Cowzilla3 picks a title and tries to get the community together to play and write about the game. -- CTZ ] Welcome one and all to the third and hopefully most prolific month of Educate Yourself: The Classic Game of the Month Club. Perhaps this is your first time with us. If so, might I suggest finding out more about...
Unthinkingly.com (Free subscription) | 31/05/2008
It’s been a good book month for interface geeks and IXD/UX people. Congrats to AP on the new book and kudos especially to upstart publisher Rosenfeld for the innovative stuff they are doing, including user testing of their 500-page, large font digital versions. Rock on, you madcap publishers you. You’re gonna make it big working [...]
lifehack.org (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
Did you know that you can cancel a magazine subscription at any time? Return unwanted Book-of-the-Month Club selections? Cancel unused credit cards? Put an end to unwanted junk mail? You probably did know that, and yet you still receive magazines you don't read anymore, have a stack of books or CDs from membership clubs that you've never even opened, pay yearly fees on credit cards you neither use...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 15/04/2008
The Book-of-the-Month Club's Garden City headquarters buildings are in contract to be sold to developer Jan Burman.
Slashfood (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Filed under: Books , On the Blogs Not too surprisingly, a lot of us who love food and food blogs also love to read. Sort of makes you wonder, then, why nobody has thought of a book-of-the-month club for foodies before now. Writer and recipe developer Meena Agarwal writes a popular blog called Hooked on Heat, showcasing her take on modern Indian cuisine. Besides chronicling her days as an obsessed...
