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A book club is a Club where people usually meet to discuss a Book that they have Read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc. They may also be known as book discussion clubs, and meet in private homes, Libraries , Bookstore s, restaurants over meals, etc. One famous book club is Oprah's Book Club , which was founded by famed African-American talk show host, Oprah Winfrey . A book club is also a method of publishing and selling books. Each "member" of the book club agrees to receive books by mail, and pay for them as they are received. This may be done by means of Negative Option Billing in which the customer receives an announcement of the book or books along with a form to notify the seller if the customer does not want the book. If the customer fails to return the form by a specified date, the seller will ship the book and expect the customer to pay for it. Or the business may operate via a "positive option" in which the customer is periodically sent a list of books offered, but none are sent until the customer specifically orders them. Book clubs typically sell books at a sizable Discount from their list prices. Often the books sold are editions created specifically for sale by book clubs, and manufactured more cheaply and less durably than the regular editions. The Book-of-the-Month-Club (founded 1923 ) is an early and well known example of this kind of business. Others include the Science Fiction Book Club, the Mystery Book Club, and the Quality Paperback Book Club. The largest clubs have millions of members. A book club is also a euphemism for a Game meant to keep track of how many Alcoholic beverages a group of people have consumed over an unspecified time frame, often played by high school and college students. Because public knowledge of their drinking is considered Taboo (and in some cases, illegal), the contest is labeled as a "book club," an otherwise acceptable academic activity. The number of "books" one has read is indicative of the number of drinks they have consumed. It is common for the number of "books" the group members have read to be listed on a white board or other erasable medium in a common area of a Dormitory or Cafeteria . EXTERNAL LINKS
SEE ALSO Fantasy Book Club
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