The Librarian’s Book Club at LISNEWS has been inactive for awhile. I think it is time to give another book a try. A LISNEWS story suggested a book that I think has lots of promise. The book is Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption. Do we have a few people that would be interested in discussing this book? I think librarians should have a good understanding of the book trade. Especially in a world where libraries are asked to be more like Borders or Barnes and Nobles. (coffee shop, etc…)
Here is one review of the book from a UK source. You can read an excerpt from the book here.
Thin on the ground 🙂
I’m concerned that WorldCat shows only 89 library copies of this book. I think we should wait a month or two on this title, until there are more available. We’re librarians, after all. We can’t go out buying books!
Valid Concern
The number of libraries that has this book is a valid concern. Does anyone else have a book they would like to do?
Future book for discussion
How about “Scrolling Forward : Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age” by David Levy. He’s going to be a participant in the presidents program for ALCTS at ALA next month.