Coming Together

Would you like to have the author of your next book club selection attend your club meeting? What a great way to learn about the motivation behind the story and to actually discuss it with the author. More importantly ... what a great way to excite your members!

Yesterday I appeared in front of the members of the NOT FINISHED YET book club in Birmingham Alabama while sitting in my office in California!

Gotta love the SKYPE technology.

SKYPE is a free service that allows users to communicate with peers by voice and video over the Internet. Video calls to other users within the Skype service are free of charge. All you need is a computer with a camera and a high-speed Internet connection. You can download SKYPE for Windows or Mac here:

www.skype.com

In the meeting yesterday the Club connected with me by SKYPE using a notebook computer and we had a spirited and interesting dialogue about In The Shadow of Babylon. It's what both readers and authors dream about ... we both need and love to hear the other's opinion.

SKYPE is easy to use. I'm not a technology geek nor was the lady at the Club who set up the call. We were both delighted with how easy it was to activate and manage the video call.

Make In The Shadow of Babylon your book club's next selection and I would be delighted to attend your club's meeting via SKYPE. If you would like me to contact you, please leave your contact info in the comment section below or e-mail me at: babbleon.john@yahoo.com

Here's a review posted on Amazon by one of the lovely Bama ladies after our meeting ... 'A captivating and romantic historical novel unlike anything I have ever read. I wonder if Indiana Jones could be incorporated into the movie! It is an awesome novel and I highly recommend it for independent reading and for book club use.'