By Daily Press staff
The Santa Monica Public Library will soon offer an on-line book club for the community.
It works like this: Individuals must sign up using their e-mail address, either through the library’s Web site (www.smpl.org/chapter.html), by filling out the form and dropping it in one of the online book club boxes, or by visiting the main library’s second floor information desk.
Monday through Friday, readers will receive e-mail with a portion of a chapter from a popular book. The daily e-mails take about five minutes to read. After receiving two or three complete chapters from a book, the first two or three chapters from another book will be e-mailed. The idea is to introduce different books, and if that book captures enough interest, readers can come to the library and to check it out.
There are several types of book clubs to choose from: ■Original Book Club: a mixture of fiction and nonfiction ■Fiction Book Club: The latest and best fiction ■Romance Book Club: a little romance in your day ■Horror/Sci-Fi Book Club: What are you afraid of? ■Audio Book Club: Books on tape For more information contact the Santa Monica Public Library at 458-2295 or 434-2644.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 20, 2003. Read the original PDF.