Mail Order Book Clubs
The following list features a few of the many mail order and Internet book clubs operating today. We also have a more complete list, with editor's names and addresses which should be available soon for sale. Please send us any corrections you find to this list or any additions you'd like to make. Email JohnKremer@bookmarket.com. Thanks.
BookSpan Book Clubs
BookSpan, Doubleday Entertainment, 15 East 26th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10010; 212-651-7400; Fax: 212-651-7124. Web: http://www.bookspan.com. As of July 2004, the single monthly Main Selection has been dropped, in favor of six highlighted monthly picks drawing from fiction, non-fiction and current affairs, mystery and suspense, history and biography, home and family or health and self-help.
When you get to the web site, click on Publishers for a description of their submission process. BookSpan was formed by the merger of Book of the Month clubs and Literary Guild and Doubleday book clubs. The book clubs listed under BookSpan below can be contact at the above address.
American Compass Book Club. Conservative book club.
Architects & Designers Book Service. Web: http://adbs.booksonline.com/adbs.
Behavioral Science Book Service. Web: http://www.behavioralsciencebooks.com.
Black Expressions Book Club. Web: http://www.blackexpressions.com.
Book-of-the-Month Club. Web: http://www.bomc.com.
Book Planet. Web: http://www.cbomc.com.
Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. Web: http://www.cbomc.com.
Circulo de Lectores.
Computer Books Direct. Web: http://cbd.booksonline.com/cbd.
Country Homes & Garden Book Club. Web: http://www.countryhomesandgardens.com.
Crafter's Choice Book Club. Web: http://www.crafterschoice.com.
Crossings Book Club. Web: http://www.crossings.com.
Discovery Channel Book Club. Web: http://www.discoverychannelbookclub.com.
Doubleday Book Club. Web: http://www.DoubledayBookClub.com.
Doubleday Large Print Book Club. Web: http://www.doubledaylargeprint.com.
Early Childhood Teachers Book Club. Web: http://ectc.booksonline.com/ectc.
Equestrian's Edge Book Club. Web: http://eqe.booksonline.com.
The Good Cook. Web: http://www.thegoodcook.com.
History Book Club. Web: http://www.historybookclub.com.
Home Style Books. See also: Country Homes & Garden Book Club (6/04).
InsightOut Books. Web: http://www.insightoutbooks.com. Features gay/lesbian, bisexual, and transexual books.
Intermediate and Middle Grades Book Club. Web: http://img.booksonline.com/img.
Library of Science. Web: http://los.booksonline.com/los.
Library of Speech-Language Pathology. Web: http://lsp.booksonline.com/lsp.
Literary Guild. Web: http://www.LiteraryGuild.com.
The Military Book Club. Web: http://www.MilitaryBookClub.com.
Mosaico Book Club. Web: http://www.clubmosaico.com. Spanish-language book club launched in September, 2000.
Mystery Guild. Web: http://www.MysteryGuild.com.
Nurses Book Society. Web: http://nbs.booksonline.com/nbs.
On the Rise Book Club.
One Spirit Book Club. Web: http://www.onespirit.com. New age books.
Outdoorsman's Edge. Web: http://www.OutdoorsmansEdge.com.
Primary Teachers Book Club. Web: http://www.primaryteachers.com.
Quality Paperback Book Club. Web: http://www.qpbc.com.
The Reader's Subscription. Web: http://rs.booksonline.com/rs. An humanties-centered book club, offering serious books for serious readers.
Rhapsody Book Club. Web: http://www.rhapsodybookclub.com. Romance novels.
Science Fiction Book Club. Web: http://www.sfbc.com.
Scientific American Book Club. Web: http://www.sciambookclub.com.
Venus Book Club. Web: http://www.venusbookclub.com. Offers sophisticated erotic books.
Other Special-Interest Book Clubs
African-American Literature Book Club. Web: http://www.aalbc.com.
Antiques Road Show Book Club: 26,000 members.
Audio Book Club, 2 Ridgedale Avenue #300, Cedar Knolls NJ 07927; 973-539-9528; Fax: 973-539-1273. Web: http://www.audiobookclub.com. A membership-based audiobook club.
Audio Diversions Literature for Listening Club, 3428 Blair Road, Falls Church VA 22041; 703-998-8255; Fax: 703-9379-9344. Web: http://www.audiodiversions.com. Features 4,000 titles for sale or for rent.
Audio Passages, 2 Ridgedale Avenue #300, Cedar Knolls NJ 07927; 973-539-9528; Fax: 973-539-1273. Web: http://www.audiopassages.com. Christian audiobook club.
Audio-Tech Business Book Summaries.
Books That Live, Neil Lafforthun. Email: booksthatlive@bellsouth.net. Web: http://www.booksthatlive.com. An online Christian book club that sells books, music, software, gifts, videos, and home schooling products.
Catholic Book Club, America Press, 106 West 56th Street, New York NY 10019-3803; 212-581-4640. 1,900 members. Begun in 1928.
Catholic Family Book Club, Paulist Press, 997 Macarthur Boulevard, Mahwah NJ 07430; 201-825-7300; Fax: 201-825-8345.
Catholic Reading Society, Paulist Press, 997 Macarthur Boulevard, Mahwah NJ 07430; 201-825-7300; Fax: 201-825-8345.
Christian Book Club, Eagle Publishing, One Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001. Web: http://www.eaglepub.com.
Club Leo, Scholastic Book Clubs, 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012-3919; 212-343-6100; Fax: 212-389-3063. Web: http://www.scholastic.com. Spanish-language children's book club.
Conservative Book Club, Eagle Publishing, One Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001. Web: http://www.eaglepub.com.
Conservative Book Club Homeschooling Division, Eagle Publishing, One Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001. Web: http://www.eaglepub.com.
DearReader.com, 1002 S Orange Avenue, Sarasota FL 34236; 941-373-0700. Web: http://www.dearreader.com and http://www.chapteraday.com. They feature a new book selection every week, with members receiving five sample selections for the book during the week. They feature 11 different clubs: fiction, nonfiction, audio, business, good news (Christian titles), horror, mystery, science fiction, teen books, and prepublication books. No poetry or short story collections. They have more than 220,000 members.
Decorative Artists Book Club, F&W Publications, 4700 E Galbraith Road, Cincinnati OH 45236; 513-531-2690, ext. 1441;Fax: 513-531-7185. Web: http://www.decorativeartistsbookclub.com.
Fast Company Book Club. Fast Company Magazine.
Good Girl Book Club. Web: http://www.goodgirlbookclubonline.com.
Guideposts. Web: http://www.guideposts.org.
Jewish Book Club, Jason Aronson Inc.
Movie and Entertainment Book Club, Eagle Publishing, One Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001. Web: http://www.eaglepub.com.
National Geographic Book Club for Kids. An online book club through AOL.
North Light Book Club, F&W Publications, 4700 E Galbraith Road, Cincinnati OH 45236; 513-531-2690; Fax: 513-531-7185. Web: http://www.northlightbookclub.com.
Psychotheraphy Book Club, Jason Aronson Inc.
Scholastic Book Clubs, 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012-3919; 212-343-6100; Fax: 212-389-3063. Web: http://www.scholastic.com. They operate a number of children's book clubs, especially for school-age kids. They also offer a number of home book clubs for children: The Beginning Reader's Program, Disney's Wonderful World of Reading, Help Me Be Good, Barbie & Friends Book Club, and My First Winnie the Pooh Book Club.
Scrapbooking Book Club, F&W Publications, 4700 E Galbraith Road, Cincinnati OH 45236; 513-531-2690; Fax: 513-531-7185. Web: http://www.thescrapbookclubonline.com.
Soundview Executive Book Summaries, P O Box 1053, Concordville PA 19331; 610-558-9495; 800-521-1227; Fax: 610-558-9491. Web: http://ps.summary.com. Features excerpts from bestselling business and management books.
Woodworkers Book Club, F&W Publications, 4700 E Galbraith Road, Cincinnati OH 45236; 513-531-2690; Fax: 513-531-7185. Web: http://www.woodworkersbookclub.com.
Writers Digest Book Club, F&W Publications, 4700 E Galbraith Road, Cincinnati OH 45236; 513-531-2690; Fax: 513-531-7185. Web: http://www.writersdigestbookclub.com.
Here are three web sites that list book clubs. While these web sites do not provide contact information for submitting titles, they do list the book clubs that are out there in one form or another so you can get an idea of which clubs might be right for your books.
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