The Book-Club Hustlers

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The Book-Club Hustlers

Jul 07 2009

The Daily Beast reports on the growing phenomenon of authors marketing themselves directly to book clubs by chatting with, sometimes, hundreds of book clubs by phone. A process that author and "Buzz, Balls and Hype" blogger MJ Rose describes as "Suicide by Bookclub" (http://bit.ly/uhzgq). BookBrowse's Facebook 'fans' are currently discussing the topic, if you'd like to throw in your penny-worth you'll find us at Facebook.

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