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FROM: [removed]@si.umich.edu
REC'D: 6/29/03, 11:58 AM

Hi everyone,

Our library is thinking about circulating kits with multiple copies of
a title for book clubs to use. We would like to purchase editions of
books that have a few pages of discussion questions or study guides in
the back. I've seen free study guides available for downloading and
printing from places like barnesandnoble.com and bibliomania.com, but
these seem tacky and will get ruined quickly. So, does anyone know of
a good way to purchase editions that have study guides in them? We are
looking for fiction, contemporary-ish (maybe the last century or so), 1
or 2 titles per month across a wide range of styles/topics.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. If you send them to me
[removed]@umich.edu), I can send a follow-up to the list with all of our
ideas.

Thanks in advance!

-Erica

************************************
Erica Pflaum
------------------------------------
Library and Information Services
School of Information
University of Michigan
------------------------------------
Public Library Associate
Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, MI
************************************

FROM: "BookBitch" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 6/29/03, 12:21 PM

Erica,

Several publishers are doing bound-in reading group guides in their trade
paperback books and should fit your needs:

Ballantince Readers Circle
http://www.randomhouse.com/BB/read/library/index.html

Vintage Books
http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/

Random House
http://www.randomhouse.com/randomhouse/readinggroup/

Simon & Schuster
http://www.simonsays.com/subs/category.cfm?areaid=519&ctgyid=522&order=pub

Penguin
http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/html/us/readingguides/index.html

Harper Collins
http://www.harpercollins.com/hc/readers/

All these publishers have information on purchasing on their websites, and
most, if not all, of these titles are available through major distributors
like Baker & Taylor or Ingram.

Hope this helps.

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Boca Raton, Florida
www.pbclibrary.org

I am the BookBitch
www.bookbitch.com <http://www.bookbitch.com/>
BLOOD IS THE SKY * A CRUEL SEASON FOR DYING
Two ways to win * June 1-30, 2003

FROM: Meg Sarff <[removed]@libby.rbls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/30/03, 8:45 AM

I can't answer your question, but our BookClub in a Box includes a
notebook with laminated pages that include discussion questions, reviews
of the book, and information on how to set up and run a book discussion
group. The patrons love the system we've set up. You can view our
BookClub in a Box web page at
http://www.davenportlibrary.com/books/discuss/disbkbox.htm
Meg

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Acting Director Davenport Public Library
Voice: 563.326.7837 321 Main Street
Fax: 563.326.7809 Davenport, Iowa 52801-1490
www.davenportlibrary.com
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 [removed]@si.umich.edu wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Our library is thinking about circulating kits with multiple copies of
> a title for book clubs to use. We would like to purchase editions of
> books that have a few pages of discussion questions or study guides in
> the back. I've seen free study guides available for downloading and
> printing from places like barnesandnoble.com and bibliomania.com, but
> these seem tacky and will get ruined quickly. So, does anyone know of
> a good way to purchase editions that have study guides in them? We are
> looking for fiction, contemporary-ish (maybe the last century or so), 1
> or 2 titles per month across a wide range of styles/topics.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. If you send them to me
> [removed]@umich.edu), I can send a follow-up to the list with all of our
> ideas.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -Erica
>
> ************************************
> Erica Pflaum
> ------------------------------------
> Library and Information Services
> School of Information
> University of Michigan
> ------------------------------------
> Public Library Associate
> Ann Arbor District Library
> Ann Arbor, MI
> ************************************
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Hogan, Jean E." <[removed]@nvcc.edu>
REC'D: 7/7/03, 8:22 AM

I have purchased several books through Black Expressions Book Club that came
with study/discussion guide. If this book club supports these titles would
not other book clubs (Literary Guild, Doubleday, BOMC) do the same? The
guides are bound into the book so if the same title was purchased at Borders
or B&N I imagine it would still have the guides.

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@si.umich.edu [[removed]@si.umich.edu]
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 12:55 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: editions with discussion questions?

Hi everyone,

Our library is thinking about circulating kits with multiple copies of
a title for book clubs to use. We would like to purchase editions of
books that have a few pages of discussion questions or study guides in
the back. I've seen free study guides available for downloading and
printing from places like barnesandnoble.com and bibliomania.com, but
these seem tacky and will get ruined quickly. So, does anyone know of
a good way to purchase editions that have study guides in them? We are
looking for fiction, contemporary-ish (maybe the last century or so), 1
or 2 titles per month across a wide range of styles/topics.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. If you send them to me
[removed]@umich.edu), I can send a follow-up to the list with all of our
ideas.

Thanks in advance!

-Erica

************************************
Erica Pflaum
------------------------------------
Library and Information Services
School of Information
University of Michigan
------------------------------------
Public Library Associate
Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, MI
************************************

FROM: "Jennifer Baker" <[removed]@spl.org>
REC'D: 7/7/03, 1:48 PM

Literary Guild also has book group guides, though I don't know if they
are bound into the books. Their web site is hard to navigate unless you
join, which obligates you to buy books...
Jen Baker
Seattle Public Library
Fiction Librarian and Readers' Advisor

>>> [removed]@nvcc.edu 07/07/03 06:17AM >>>
I have purchased several books through Black Expressions Book Club that
came
with study/discussion guide. If this book club supports these titles
would
not other book clubs (Literary Guild, Doubleday, BOMC) do the same?
The
guides are bound into the book so if the same title was purchased at
Borders
or B&N I imagine it would still have the guides.

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@si.umich.edu [[removed]@si.umich.edu]
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 12:55 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: editions with discussion questions?

Hi everyone,

Our library is thinking about circulating kits with multiple copies of

a title for book clubs to use. We would like to purchase editions of
books that have a few pages of discussion questions or study guides in

the back. I've seen free study guides available for downloading and
printing from places like barnesandnoble.com and bibliomania.com, but
these seem tacky and will get ruined quickly. So, does anyone know of

a good way to purchase editions that have study guides in them? We are

looking for fiction, contemporary-ish (maybe the last century or so), 1

or 2 titles per month across a wide range of styles/topics.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. If you send them to me
[removed]@umich.edu), I can send a follow-up to the list with all of our

ideas.

Thanks in advance!

-Erica

************************************
Erica Pflaum
------------------------------------
Library and Information Services
School of Information
University of Michigan
------------------------------------
Public Library Associate
Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, MI
************************************

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