Charles Watkinson, Associate University Librarian for Publishing and Director of the University of Michigan Press, kicks off the inaugural meeting of the Pub Club and discussion of the first book selection, American Homes by Ryan Ridge (U-M Press, 2014). Coffee, tea and treats included.

The book can be read in its entirety online for free (http://umlib.us/american-homes). Paperback and hardcover copies of American Homes are available for purchase through the U-M Press website (http://www.press.umich.edu), and print copies of American Homes are also available to check out from the Hatcher Graduate Library.

If you're on Facebook, please RSVP to the event (https://www.facebook.com/events/1635802236698317) and join the group for comments and discussions going forward. The digital annotation tool hypothes.is is also available for capturing thoughts/reactions to the online text from anywhere in real time; comment with the hashtag #pubclub.

The Michigan Library Publishing Club (Pub Club) is a collaboration between Michigan Publishing and the U-M Library Staff Forum Board at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Open to the public, the Pub Club meets quarterly to discuss open access (OA) books published by the University of Michigan Press.