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PsyDocJoanne · 10-10-2008, 03:09 PM

Thanks, everyone, for your excellent suggestions!

If you take a look at the welcome thread I posted, you'll see that I added a P.S. about choosing some public domain literature for our monthly reads. Of course, we don't have to look any farther than our own MobileRead library to do this.

My initial thought is to try out the Book Club with a couple of contemporary selections, see if we can really generate some interest and good discussion, and then incorporate some of the books available here.

I'm mostly suggesting this because I have seen in past threads that people don't always acknowledge the value of public domain literature (it's often called "old" or "boring" despite the fact that neither of those things is true), so I was concerned that going that route right from the get go would deter some people from joining in. I'm hopeful that once people get 'hooked' on the Club via some contemporary books, they'll be more likely to try out the public domain stuff.

However, if enough people are interested right off the bat, we could jump right in. Let me know what you guys think.

10-10-2008, 03:09 PM	#22
PsyDocJoanne Loves her 505 and her Z4! Posts: 157 Karma: 631 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Weston, FL Device: Sony PRS-505	Thanks, everyone, for your excellent suggestions! If you take a look at the welcome thread I posted, you'll see that I added a P.S. about choosing some public domain literature for our monthly reads. Of course, we don't have to look any farther than our own MobileRead library to do this. My initial thought is to try out the Book Club with a couple of contemporary selections, see if we can really generate some interest and good discussion, and then incorporate some of the books available here. I'm mostly suggesting this because I have seen in past threads that people don't always acknowledge the value of public domain literature (it's often called "old" or "boring" despite the fact that neither of those things is true), so I was concerned that going that route right from the get go would deter some people from joining in. I'm hopeful that once people get 'hooked' on the Club via some contemporary books, they'll be more likely to try out the public domain stuff. However, if enough people are interested right off the bat, we could jump right in. Let me know what you guys think.