(New York, NY: Friday, October 7, 2011) BookMovement, a website dedicated to supporting and connecting book clubs, and Open Road Integrated Media, a digital publisher and multimedia content company, have partnered to launch an ebook club featuring titles from authors like Alice Walker, Natalie Goldberg, Pat Conroy, and Josephine Hart. Through BookMovement.com, readers will be able to join the club and learn about timeless stories recommended for group reading and discussion. Open Road will also give away over fifty ebooks each month through the site, and then bring readers together with their authors for online chats and discussions. Readers will also get access to a wealth of additional materials, such as discussion questions, reading guides, extended excerpts, and more.
BookMovement and Open Road are launching the ebook club to meet the needs of book club members who are rapidly adopting ebooks. An Open Road/BookMovement survey of BookMovement’s 32,000 book clubs and their e-book reading habits revealed that book clubs are ahead of the ebook curve:
Over 48.5% of participating book club leaders (1,833 participants) read ebooks and own ebook devices (versus 12% of Americans, as per Pew Research)*
Book Movement said: “We are very excited to be launching this ebook club and hosting it on our newly redesigned website. Open Road is the perfect partner to help us create new ways of connecting book clubs to each other and to authors and in the ebook realm.”
Rachel Chou, Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road, said: “BookMovement is the leading destination for book clubs across the country, which is the perfect way to connect authors with readers. As ebooks transform the way book clubs read and interact with each other, we are very excited to partner with BookMovement on this ebook club.”
Featured titles and events for the launch month of October are:
The Story of Brutus by Casey Anderson
Call Me Princess by Sara Blaedel
Marriage Shock by Dalma Heyn
The Pianist in the Dark by Michéle Halberstadt
Other Women by Lisa Alther
An Open Road Iconic Ebook to be announced shortly
Online Chat: Dalma Heyn
Selection of Titles for Upcoming Months:
November:
The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
The Schoolmaster’s Daughter by John Smolens
Compromising Positions by Susan Isaacs
Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices by The Novel: Live! Authors
Long Quiet Highway by Natalie Goldberg
Online Chat: Hotel Angeline authors Garth Stein and Jennie Shortridge
December:
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Damage by Josephine Hart
Online Chat: To Be Announced
Stay tuned to www.bookmovement.com for new resources, ebook giveaways, and author chats.
About BookMovement
BookMovement is dedicated to delivering the very best book ideas to book clubs, via email and the web. Knowing that not all great books are great book club books, the web site provides lists of the best books for discussion—based on ratings from 32,000 clubs—as well as book guides and other online tools to simplify club communications and activities. (www.bookmovement.com)
About Open Road Integrated Media
Open Road Integrated Media is a digital publisher and multimedia content company. Open Road creates connections between authors and their audiences by marketing its ebooks through a new proprietary online platform, which uses premium video content and social media. Open Road has published ebooks from legendary authors including William Styron, Pat Conroy, Jack Higgins, Alice Walker, James Jones, and Virginia Hamilton, and has launched new e-stars like Mary Glickman. (www.openroadmedia.com)
