Book Club Girl

Here is yet another reading group resource site I have heard about recently. HarperCollins has been creating buzz with a blog launched by the company and called BookClubGirl.com.

I like this blog because it promotes books published by other companies as well as HarperCollins.

“Book Club Girl” is Jennifer Hart, v-p and associate publisher of Harper Perennial and Harper Paperbacks. “We wanted to create a blog where we could promote books that we publish that are great reading group picks, but we knew if that was all the site had it wouldn’t gain the trust of consumers,” said Hart.

Content ranges from bookstore news, such as a reading group event held at the Tattered Cover, Denver, Colo., to the low-down on what members are reading in the two book clubs to which Hart belongs. BookClubGirl.com features include “What’s on Your Nightstand,” where Hart’s colleagues share their bedtime page-turners and occasional guest bloggers contribute entries. Book group online resources are listed, as are Book Sense book group picks, and authors book groups like.

One of the reasons for creating the blog, said Hart, is to capture the attention of reading group members using the Internet to find discussion questions and other materials but who might not be aware of or inclined to visit the publisher’s website. “The blog seemed the natural way to capture the eyeballs out there looking for information and bring them someplace that’s fresh and updated every day,” Hart said. “The best thing we can offer readers is a comprehensive site that covers all of the resources available.”