What is the Hipster Book Club?
The Hipster Book Club (or the HBC) is a collective of readers and writers passionate about discussing literature in all its forms. This website is dedicated to reviewing both past and current works, learning more about writing and writers, and discussing various topics in literature, whether they are thoughtful or irreverent. We recognize that some people read analytically and others read purely for entertainment, and we strive to find a balance between the two because we all essentially read out of a passion for literature. Thus, some of our articles will be serious, others will be humorous, and others will be extremely personal.

How did the Hipster Book Club come to exist?
This website was created as an offshoot of the LiveJournal community of the same name. Formed in October, 2003, the Hipster Book Club LiveJournal community grew from word of mouth alone. It currently boasts over 2,200 members from a variety of nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Japan, and Honduras.
The website began when one community member asked why a good comprehensive website didn’t exist to focus on book reviews and literary topics…so we decided to make one.

What sort of material does the HBC cover?
We cover many different forms of literature, whether they are novels, nonfiction, poetry, or even short stories published online. We strive to inform the online world about literature that may be unfamiliar to them and to provide others with a place to discuss the works they’ve discovered.

What makes this site so “hipster”?
Well, obviously, we’re better than you.
Just kidding. The term “hipster” is and always will be used in an ironic sense for us. We don’t consider ourselves particularly “hip.” Instead, we strive to be accessible to people of all ages without pandering only to what is popular. We do, however, bear some of the elitism associated with what people consider hipster: We believe that if you don’t read books, you’re totally not cool.

Why are so many of your reviews about older books or books that came out a few years ago?
A book’s age doesn’t make it less worthy of one’s time, nor does it make the book particularly well-known to the general population.

How do I “join” the club?
Being here is a good first step. If you have a LiveJournal, contribute to the HBC LiveJournal community. And if you want to write for us, please follow the guidelines for submission.

I’m a writer/publisher/publicist. How do I get you to write a review of my work or do a story on an author?
We’ll gladly take a look at what you’re pitching, but we make no promises to review the work or cover the author. Send an e-mail to hipsterbookclub@gmail.com, and we’ll tell you where to send your material.

How do you obtain revenue?
We don’t. At least, we don’t just yet. Thus far, everything comes out of the editors’ tiny wallets. If you’d like to advertise with us, send an e-mail to hipsterbookclub@gmail.com. Support us early, and we’ll love you forever.