 |
Frequently Asked Questions
|
What is Princeton Book Review?
Princeton Book Review
is an online book club designed to make finding great books easier while enjoying the camaraderie of other book lovers. We love books and wanted to create a community where members could find page turners and enjoy discussing them with other members anytime of the day or night. Sometimes you’re just to busy to make a monthly meeting or maybe you want to do both. Regardless Princeton Book Review offers something for everyone. We have no allegiance to any publisher, author or bookstore, just a thirst to find the next great read.
The prize, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The Man Booker judges are selected from the country's finest critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent excellence of the prize. The winner of the Man Booker Prize receives £50,000 and both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a worldwide readership plus a dramatic increase in book sales.
What type of books will I find on PBR?
Page Turners!!! And we will definitely try and mix it up. We want to read a great book every time and not all the same type. Each month we will recommend three new and exciting books on our site, a fiction, a mystery and children’s. We will give you direct links to the author’s website, discussion questions and any other information we think you will enjoy. We want to leave you with more time enjoying the books and less time searching for them, plus the added benefit of making some new friends along the way. We are always open for suggestions feel free to email us.
Can I contribute?
Absolutely, we encourage it. It’s one big book club. We all help each other. Add a new book you just finished (click book talk on the menu bar) or an old favorite someone else might enjoy. Share your opinion with others on our blog. The more our members contribute the better our resource. We want to hear from you and so do other members. Don’t be shy.
What is book reviews?
Book Reviews
is a listing of all the monthly featured books. After you have read our Selection for the month this is where to go to talk. I love it when I have just finished
a book and see what other people are saying. If you missed a month all the
archives are available.
What is book talk?
Book Talk
is our version of the virtual living room. So let’s talk books. Grab a glass of wine or a cup of tea and enjoy interacting with other book lovers. Here is where you can be the critic by posting your own comments and recommendations or add a book to the
community list. As a result we should have a fantastic book list to browse and maybe make a friend or two.
What is My Library?
Who can remember all the titles and authors of books they read? It’s frustrating when someone asks for the name of the great book you read three months ago and you can’t recall the title or author and maybe some of the plot, but you do remember it was really, really good. If you Now you can use the My Library to store and organize all of your favorite books. There is space for title, author, rating and any other comments you may have about the book. What is really exciting is you can easily e-mail it to a friend.
What about privacy?
We will never share, sell or rent individual personal information with anyone. We use appropriate security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of data used by our system.
|
| |
| |
| |
|
