- "Skype an author" at http://skypeanauthor.wikifoundry.com/ contains an alphabetical list of authors willing to visit your library through Skype. Sarah Chauncey, creator of the "Skype an author", explains the creation of Web site at http://bit.ly/HsIVpu. Most authors write children's books. Each author has a Web page containing the following information:
- Author's Website
- Presentations
- Genre
- Audiences
- Available Times
- No Cost Meet the Author Visit: minimum of 10-15 minutes
- In-Depth Visit Length: determined by each author
- In-Depth Visit Cost: determined by each author
- Prerequisites
- Contact Information
- Affiliations
- "GalleyCat" at http://bit.ly/olzCcK is a spreadsheet listing 1,000 authors wanting to talk to your book club. For each author the following information is provided.
- Author's name
- Email address
- State and country
- Genres written
- Website addresses
- Whether the author will do video or phone chats. 900 authors will do video chats.
- Titles of books
- "Balkin Buddies" offers about 40 authors for online chats at http://www.balkinbuddies.com/authorsavailableonline.html These are well-published authors. There biography pages of each author contains:
- Long biographical section
- List of books
- Description of their presentation including honorariums (Prices range from $175 to $300 per hour.)
- "Random House Reader's Circle Author Chat Program" at http://bit.ly/wnClAN offers over 40 authors for 30-minute to one-hour visits with book clubs over the telephone (speaker phone is required). "Chat essentials" at http://bit.ly/zBFIhb explains the process, plus testimonies from readers and authors about the experience.
- "Knopf DoubleDay Author Chat Program" at http://reading-group-center.knopfdoubleday.com/author-chats/ offers 20 authors for telephone chats.
Live virtual visits
