Our History

August 27, 1996 – The Book Report launches on AOL, which later became Bookreporter.com
February 1997 – Bookreporter.com runs the first online interview of John Grisham as well as an excerpt 
March 1997
– Bookreporter.com wins LMP Award for Technical Achievement and Innovation in Book Publishing
July 1997 – Teenreads.com launches
July 1998 – Kidsreads.com launches
March 2000 – First author website built
May 2000 – ReadingGroupGuides.com launches
May 2000 – AuthorsOnTheWeb.com launches
May 2000 – Harry Potter Feature launches on Kidsreads.com
March 2001 – First Internet marketing campaign conducted
September 2001 – AuthorYellowPages.com launches
November 2003 – FaithfulReader.com launches
May 2005 – Annual “Beach Bag of Books” summer reading feature first appears on Bookreporter.com
November 2005 – Annual “Holiday Basket of Cheer” feature launches on Bookreporter.com
August 2006 – 10th Anniversary of The Book Report Network
July 2007 – TheBookReportNetwork.com doubles its New York office space
December 2008 – GraphicNovelReporter.com launches
November 2009 – GraphicNovelReporter.com sponsors “Day of Comics” for teachers and educators at the Miami Book Fair International
December 2009 – Bookreporter.com Names first “Book of the Year”
May 2010 – 10th Anniversary of ReadingGroupGuides.com
December 2010 – 10th Anniversary of AuthorsOnTheWeb.com
March 2011 – Launch of “On Sale This Week” newsletters on Bookreporter.com and Teenreads.com.
March and June 2011 – GraphicNovelReporter.com Co-Sponsors $20,000+ Graphic Novel Library Giveaways at Texas Library Association and American Library Association Conferences
August 2011 – Fall Preview feature launches on Bookreporter.com
August 2011 – Relaunch of Bookreporter.com
August 2011 – 15th Anniversary of Bookreporter.com and TheBookReportNetwork.com
November 2011 –Relaunch of Teenreads.com
November 2011 –Relaunch of FaithfulReader.com
February 2012 – Launch of 20SomethingReads.com
March 2012 – Relaunch of Kidsreads.com
October 2015 – FaithfulReader.com final update
August 2016 – TBRN celebrates its 20th anniversary
May 2019 – Bookreporter launches its first “Bookreporter Talks To” video
August 2019 – Bookreporter launches its first “Bookreporter Talks To” podcast
March 2020 Kidsreads.com, Teenreads.com and 20SomethingReads.com are shuttered
July 2020 The Book Report Network closes its New York office in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic
July 2020– Bookreporter launches “Bookaccino Live”
November 2020– Bookreporter launches “Bookaccino Live” Book Group programs
August 2021 – TBRN celebrates its 25th anniversary