Title of the Book
by Author Name
I forgot about the media and text box! This is a great box that stacks vertically on a mobile screen.
Sign Up
We use Action Network to keep track of who’s joining:
Our main channel is a Signal group. Once you sign up, you’ll be added to the group where we share notes, reminders, and the weekly discussion link.
Meeting Time and Place
Meetings are on {{DAY_OF_WEEK}} at {{MEETING_TIME}} {{TIMEZONE}}
If you can’t make that time, sign up anyway. We should try to start another group with a different schedule.
The next meeting will be done on {{VIDEO_CALL_SERVICE}}: here.
Schedule
| Date | Pages | Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|
| {{DATE_1}} | {{PAGES_1}} | {{LEADER_1}} |
| {{DATE_2}} | {{PAGES_2}} | {{LEADER_2}} |
| {{DATE_3}} | {{PAGES_3}} | {{LEADER_3}} |
Study Aids
- Book can be borrowed by the hour from The Internet Archive
- Audiobook: {{AUDIOBOOK_PLATFORM}}
- Videos about the book: playlist
- Essays & summaries: collection
- Reviews: review roundup
- Discord: join our Discord
(Remove any study aids you don’t have.)
Club Rules
- We support each other to read {{BOOK_TITLE}}.
- A secondary goal is to form spinoff groups to complete reading the book.
- (Add your own rules here.)
Meeting Format
- 5 min – introductions
- 10 min – presentation of summary (if one exists), discussion of reading
- 30 min – discussion period
- Then, determine next section of book to read, and by what date.
- Determine who will moderate the next meeting, and who will create a summary of the next section.
Questions? Reach us in the Signal group or email {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}.
Meeting Book Notes
About this Layout
This project isn’t done yet. I need to find art that fits the theme.
It’s meant to be shown in the “blank” page, and requires the theme to have no padding around it. So, it’s hard to integrate into a general site without some adjustment. It could work well for a site that’s entirely for reading groups, where each group would get it’s own page, and a Category to publish notes (one category per book).
How to Host Multiple Sites Cheaply
You can use subdomains: book.riceball.com, club.riceball.com, etc.
If you buy a domain, you can make subdomains for free and set the CNAME to the same as the WordPress server. To used them in WordPress, you use the Multisite installation, create a new site, and set the site URL to the subdomain.
I wouldn’t bother to make one subdomain per book. That would require making a new website for each book. Since each book is just one page, and the notes… that’s an entire site for a couple dozen pages; even worse, it reduces opportunities for aggregating multiple books.