Further clarification of the rules

In response to some questions, here are a few further clarifications of the rules:

You are expected to post your own opinion of the books as an author, then place comments on each other's posts. That's why I invite you to become blog authors when you join the book club, so you can actually post your thoughts instead of just tagging them on. Blogger doesn't just show all of the comments automatically, so this is the best way for everyone's thoughts to be nice and visible.

Unfortunately, even though you're all listed as authors, I seem to be the only one who can change anything on the blog itself (settings, permissions, templates and what-not). If you want anything changed, just ask me to do it and it shall be done.

Books that missed out on previous selections can be suggested again. The way I was thinking of doing it was that the runner up from the last month is automatically included in the next month's suggestions lists and anyone who wants can nominate any of the other books for another go around. If the same book has been suggested six times in a row without being chosen, though, we might think about retiring it from the list for a round or two.

The book club is not limited to librarians at JCU - but it is by invitation only. If you want your cousin who works in BHP in Western Australia to join the club, they are more than welcome, as long as it's a member of the book club who invites them in and at least one person who is already a member (say, yourself) knows them and is happy to introduce them to the rest of us.

Anyone in the whole wide world can read the postings of this book club, as long as they already know the address. It's not indexed anywhere, and won't turn up in a search. Potential members are more than welcome to read a few entries before deciding to join - just give them the URL.

To join the club, you have to give me the address you want to use as an author. I send you an invitation to co-author the blog, you accept and fill out the necessary boxes to start posting away.

At the moment, the blog is moderated and I'm the moderator. The moderation doesn't apply to authors, though, so any comments you leave on each other's postings will pass through without going through me first. If anyone else tries to comment, though, I'll have to approve it first.

I currently have no idea how to pass control of this blog onto someone else. When I find out, we'll talk about a succession plan.

Endeavour is spelt E-N-D-E-A-V-O-U-R. That's "ea", "ou". Just remember that, after the first "e", every vowel is in a pair.