In case any patrons come in asking questions about the recent changes to the Best Sellers Club, here is some helpful information. We decided to eliminate the following authors from the Best Sellers Club for the following reasons:
Ken Follett – has not published a new book in almost 3 years
P.D. James – as far as we can determine, due to her advancing age she will not be publishing new material
Ed McBain – died in 2005 and had only 1 book published posthumously in 2006
Judith McNaught – has not published a new book in almost 4 years
Belva Plain – has not published a new book in almost 2 years
Sidney Sheldon – died in 2007 and has not had any books published posthumously*
Scott Turow – has not published a new book in almost 4 years
The purpose of the Best Sellers Club is to automatically reserve those authors who REGULARLY publish materials. The above-mentioned authors no longer fit into this category and so have been removed from the Club’s list of authors.
Because of these deletions, we were able to add the following new authors to the Best Sellers Club list:
Clive Cussler
Vince Flynn
Greg Iles
J.A. Jance
Brad Meltzer
Jodi Picoult
Daniel Silva
There is an Add/Delete Form in the top drawer of the Reference Desk that patrons may fill out to add any of these authors to their membership list. Please leave all forms on Denise”s desk. If you receive any e-mails regarding these changes, please leave them in the Inbox for Denise to answer. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Denise.
*Another author, Tilly Bagshawe, has published a sequel to Sidney Sheldon’s novel “Master of the Game” and the sequel is titled “Mistress of the Game.” Patrons need to reserve this title separately from their Best Sellers Club membership as Ms. Bagshawe is not a Best Sellers Club author.
According to Samantha Jane Alberts at SCLS:
FAFSA forms must now be submitted electronically. This will not be pleasant news to some of our patrons who have an aversion to computers.
