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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Its not like there's any shortage of fans willing to do the pre-screening.
Sooner or later (hopefully sooner) review organizations will catch up to the new status quo.
Probably *after* the nominations process for the major awards catches up.
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Agreed! My guess is that it'll be sites that lean toward indie e-reads that raise the awareness of certain titles before the review sites and award committees take notice. That's the way it has gone in my case.
The Hugo may be open to some indie nominations (I think there have already been some, if I'm not mistaken. Maybe in the shorter length categories?). The Nebula, I'm afraid, will be slow to change. The SFWA controls that. I can't see them nominating an outsider.
What matters to me is the reader, of course. If they can find good, cheap reads that are professionally edited, I'm stoked. The game is changing rapidly. I'm just thrilled to be suited up and sitting on the bench, getting my playing minutes here and there.
