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Originally Posted by afa
I don't get what the big deal is.
The award clearly said "...So Far" which obviously implies that it could be temporary, depending on whether or not a better book comes out. It did, so her's is not the best any more. So what?
I'm sorry, but the title of this thread is very misleading. I thought this was going to be another National Book Awards, instead it turned out to be Amazon doing precisely what they implied they would.
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Yeah, I thought about titling the thread --
Amazon Let's Author Know She Might Win an Award but She Didn't. But to be honest, I thought that title was boring, even if it was more acurate.
However, I did try to explain what the story was about in 3 or 4 short sentences, so I hope I didn't waste too much of your time.
There is just something about winning the "Amazon Best Book of 2011 (so far)" award that is amusing. You get to throw it on the cover of your book, just like if you won a Hugo or something, but then a few months later you lose. I guess I can just put myself in the authors shoes, and see how happy she would have been, and how she would understand that even the "so far" award would help her sell more books, but in the end she loses and I can just identify with how she must have felt. This is why the story of the award is a "big deal" or at least compelling.