Gather.com Encourages Book Chatter, Has Contest for Authors
According to posts on Library Stuff, Gather.com, a social networking site, is partnering with the bookstore Borders to allow discussions about books and is working to encourage aspiring authors through a contest.
More from the AP:
Borders customers offered access to online chat room in Borders-Gather.com project
US contest seeks to be ‘American Idol’ of books
A glance at Gather’s news releases reveals many other activities to support authors and bibliophiles.
(For the record, I worked for Waldenbooks, part of Borders Group, Inc., for a few months several years ago.)
