Online/mailorder book clubs - help please..

[MascaraOHara]

Are there any book clubs that aren't a con?

If so could you please give me some names...

TIA

The Book People?

Try the Times Online book club. Details are in the Books section of the Saturday Times and it's free to register. You email in your comments and they print the best emails.

I've heard of The Book People but don't know anyone that has used them.

I've been thinking about joining one of these book club things for a while but a friend used to work for Groeling sp? but quit because of the terrible way they treated people. Her stories have made me nervous about being bombarded with books that I don't want then being expected to pay for them etc

I've used the book people lots of times and have been very pleased - they have a limited but good range of books at very good prices. See here the book people
They don't send editors choices, it's just pay for each order as you go.

You may want to avoid this group!

Goodness.
Looks like I got off lightly with Books For Children (couple of unexciting Editor's Choices - at £13.99 a pop that I could have done without - languishing in a cupboard).

Book People are great, as are Red House , which is the Book People's dedicated children's bit - particularly the brilliant bargain multi-packs.

Hello, don't normally post on here but always read the threads.
There's a good bookclub called BOL (www.uk.bol.com i think) which, alas is part of the BCA group but i've never had problems with them. They sell recently released books and discount quite heavily - 60% on bestsellers. Delivery is £1, although not as quick as Amazon.
You only have to buy 1 book after joining and no editor's choice rubbish to deal with.

Thanks all. I think I'll try the book people. Has anyone tried Usbourne (is it 'Books at Home' or something?)