Book Club

[blackhole99]

Does anyone belong and if you do , is it worth it?

[Tribesters]

I used to belong to every book club around. Not sure if they were worth it but I liked getting a box of books. I think the Book of The Month Club was my least favorite one I belonged to. I used to like the Literary Guild & Doubleday better. Not sure if they’re still around as I haven’t bought actual books in years. Kindle, all the way! 

But before you join check the commitment & the prices of the regular books. Some also had options to purchase your first book at a reduced price- I usually did that. 

[LindaSal]

I've never belonged to a book club.  Though I did take Oprah's recommendations a couple of times and I hated the books!!!   I like picking what I'm interested in and try to mix it up.  From romance to documentaries, variety!!

[lovescats]

I don't think it is worth it unless you get offered a special for a  couple of months and even then it's might not be

I buy books that I don't need and then don't read them

I read a lot on kindle

[insomniac2]

Over the years, I've belonged to several mail order book clubs.

NONE of them were worth it. You're better off budgeting your book money and shopping around.

[patbz]

Why not do Kindle unlimited?

[blackhole99]

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@patbz wrote:

Why not do Kindle unlimited?

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I like a book with pages to read and turn and mark, not crazy about reading from a screen for pleasure.

[Honeybit]

@blackhole99

I'm with you -- I don't really enjoy reading from an E-book either, although I do understand the appeal of having many books available in an easy-to-carry form. 

Over the years I belonged to several mail-order Book Clubs.  My all-time favorite for finding interesting new books was something called QPBC (the Quality Paper Back Book Club) -- even though I'm a hardcover fanatic.  I have no idea whether it still exists.

Ultimately the mail-order book clubs weren't worth the trouble of keeping up with the selections and specifically declining the ones I didn't want.  The supposedly cheaper prices were always offset by the "Shipping and Handling" fees.  Plus -- at least in my book club member days -- the books were special "Book Club Editions" which were more cheaply produced. 

Every once in a while there were some great bargains in the Special Introductory Offers for new members, though.  I once got the full Will Durant History Set for something like $1.00.

Now that we have the Internet (and the dedicated readers in this Forum), there are better and cheaper ways of finding and buying books.

[DiAnne]

I did not know the Book of the Month Club still existed.  I belonged I think about 40 years ago.  I loved picking out my books each month.  

[smoky22]

I just saw an ad for it on TV, it showed a gal getting her "Book of the Month."  It was kind of funny, since it implied (at first) that she was getting something else of the month.  I belonged to it a gazillion years ago and didn't think they were around anymore.  I wouldn't join one now, though.