MobileRead December '08 Vote

pilotbob · 11-20-2008, 10:47 PM

Please vote for TWO selections only. There is no technical way to enforce this so it is on your honor.

Abstracts can be found in the nomination thread in post 1.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32092

BOb

pilotbob · 11-20-2008, 10:55 PM

The pole is supposed to close on 11/23 but I didn't know if I put 3 days if it would close on that day or end of that day. So, I set the poll to run 4 days.

BOb

pilotbob · 11-20-2008, 10:56 PM

I think there is a bug in the poll software. Two books each have two votes. But, they each show 100%... weird... shouldn't they each show 50%?

BOb

pilotbob · 11-20-2008, 11:14 PM

Oh... I get it now. Because it is multi selection it is the percentage of people that voted which voted for that specific book. Not the percentage of votes against the total. I guess the one with the most votes will still have the highest percentage.

BOb

grooks · 11-20-2008, 11:30 PM

A lot of good selections. Some I have read and some that are already on my reader waiting.

HarryT · 11-21-2008, 01:04 PM

Wasn't the vote supposed to be for 10 books? What happened to "The Count of Monte Cristo"?

pilotbob · 11-21-2008, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Wasn't the vote supposed to be for 10 books? What happened to "The Count of Monte Cristo"?

Up to ten. I didn't think Count got three nominations... if it did... my apologies.

BOb

HarryT · 11-21-2008, 01:11 PM

I'm pretty sure it did - look at the end of the "nominations" thread!

pilotbob · 11-21-2008, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'm pretty sure it did - look at the end of the "nominations" thread!

Sorry... feel free to add it to the poll.

BOb

HarryT · 11-21-2008, 01:16 PM

Unfortunately if one does that, there's no way to allow people who've already voted to re-vote.

May I suggest that we leave this as it is for this month, and give the good Count an automatic entry into the next "Books at MR" month?

pilotbob · 11-21-2008, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Unfortunately if one does that, there's no way to allow people who've already voted to re-vote.

May I suggest that we leave this as it is for this month, and give the good Count an automatic entry into the next "Books at MR" month?

Works for me.

And of course people are free to read any and all of these books on their own. I have pretty much added the whole list to my "to read" list. And the price on all of them is very good.

BOb

Tattncat · 11-21-2008, 01:44 PM

PilotBob, I suggested Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera". Didn't anyone see it?

pilotbob · 11-21-2008, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tattncat

PilotBob, I suggested Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera". Didn't anyone see it?

No.

I did a search for all messages by you and it did find the suggestion in the November Book selection thread.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...9&postcount=95

Sorry... I had started another thread for the December book nominations. I guess you didn't see it?

BOb

Tattncat · 11-21-2008, 03:42 PM

I didn't.

Xenophon · 11-21-2008, 03:44 PM

Did the Wodehouse get nixed for copyright reasons? There were certainly more than four nominations/seconds...

Xenophon

View Poll Results: MRBC: December08 book vote - Please vote for TWO only.
The Time Machine - H. G. Wells	16	31.37%
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte	6	11.76%
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens	9	17.65%
Three Men In A Boat - Jerome K Jerome	14	27.45%
Augustus Carp Esquire, by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man - Sir Henry Howarth Bashford	5	9.80%
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	17	33.33%
The Man Who Was Thursday - G. K. Chesterton	10	19.61%
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald	12	23.53%
Dracula - Bram Stoker	7	13.73%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 51. You may not vote on this poll

11-20-2008, 10:47 PM	#1
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,753 Karma: 4233896 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	December '08 Vote Please vote for TWO selections only. There is no technical way to enforce this so it is on your honor. Abstracts can be found in the nomination thread in post 1. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32092 BOb __________________ Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. --Napoleon Bonaparte Last edited by pilotbob; 11-20-2008 at 10:51 PM.

11-20-2008, 10:55 PM	#2
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,753 Karma: 4233896 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	The pole is supposed to close on 11/23 but I didn't know if I put 3 days if it would close on that day or end of that day. So, I set the poll to run 4 days. BOb __________________ Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. --Napoleon Bonaparte Last edited by pilotbob; 11-21-2008 at 08:49 AM.

11-20-2008, 10:56 PM	#3
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,753 Karma: 4233896 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	I think there is a bug in the poll software. Two books each have two votes. But, they each show 100%... weird... shouldn't they each show 50%? BOb __________________ Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. --Napoleon Bonaparte

11-20-2008, 11:14 PM	#4
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,753 Karma: 4233896 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Oh... I get it now. Because it is multi selection it is the percentage of people that voted which voted for that specific book. Not the percentage of votes against the total. I guess the one with the most votes will still have the highest percentage. BOb __________________ Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. --Napoleon Bonaparte

11-20-2008, 11:30 PM	#5
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,323 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kobo Aura HD, Sony PRS-650, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7	A lot of good selections. Some I have read and some that are already on my reader waiting. __________________ Currently Reading:

11-21-2008, 01:04 PM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,661 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Wasn't the vote supposed to be for 10 books? What happened to "The Count of Monte Cristo"? __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

11-21-2008, 01:11 PM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,661 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	I'm pretty sure it did - look at the end of the "nominations" thread! __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

11-21-2008, 01:16 PM	#10
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,661 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Unfortunately if one does that, there's no way to allow people who've already voted to re-vote. May I suggest that we leave this as it is for this month, and give the good Count an automatic entry into the next "Books at MR" month? __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

11-21-2008, 01:44 PM	#12
Tattncat Bookworm Posts: 559 Karma: 1029281 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Device: Nook Tablet, Sony PRS700, Sony PRS505	PilotBob, I suggested Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera". Didn't anyone see it?

11-21-2008, 03:42 PM	#14
Tattncat Bookworm Posts: 559 Karma: 1029281 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Device: Nook Tablet, Sony PRS700, Sony PRS505	I didn't.

11-21-2008, 03:44 PM	#15
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,453 Karma: 5652044 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Device: Kobo Aura (soon), (soon-to-be-ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Did the Wodehouse get nixed for copyright reasons? There were certainly more than four nominations/seconds... Xenophon

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