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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
Thanks, ATDrake, Wallcraft and ardeegee ... I now know I can get the tie choice at Baen ... but you've also under-scored my point: the Hugos -- outside of the Nebulas the most prestigious awards for sci-fi -- ought to be a huge driver of sales in e-books and p-books. But if leading e-book vendors don't have them ... what's the value in winning the award?
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The majority of the market still buys the paper edition. Not having it available as an ebook is a nuisance for the author, not a disaster. This is likely to change, but at the moment, the folks it really bites are those who only want ebook editions.
The Hugos
are a driver, though it's not clear they're a
huge one, and along with the Nebulas are the only SF awards that
have that sort of popular recognition and drive sales. There are a plethora of other SF/fantasy awards, but none I can think of actually boost sales of the books that get them.
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Dennis