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The American Library Association plans to continue providing its member libraries with books recommended by daytime talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, who indicated April 5 she would no longer be featuring Oprah’s Book Club titles on a regular basis. Her highly publicized selections have helped make bestsellers out of little-known authors.

Gerald Hodges, associate executive director for communications and marketing, said ALA has had a relationship with the book club since its inception in 1996. The publishers send approximately 10,000 copies of each Oprah-selected book to some 3,560 public, high-school, chapter, and state-library ALA members. Each library receives up to five copies, depending on its size.

Hodges added that the Association is also contacting the Today Show to begin a similar relationship with its newly announced book club expected to debut this June.

Posted April 15, 2002.

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