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Orbit made a stupid decision. When they made their announcement yesterday, I sent them the following email. I think it speaks for itself and have nothing further to add.
“You’ve made an extremely poor decision by not including your Hugo-nominated novels in this years’ Hugo Voters Packet. I don’t suppose at this late date that you’ll reconsider but hope it doesn’t hurt the chances of your nominees. All are excellent and deserve serious consideration.
“I’ve already purchased all three of them so your decision doesn’t affect me personally but I think it does a disservice to the authors and reflects a poor understanding on your part of the role of sci-fi fandom and will end up costing you much more as publishers than any lost sales that might have resulted from their inclusion.
“What you fail to understand is that Hugo voters are serious fans and serious readers. We buy a lot more books and share our opinions much more widely than the average reader. Gaining the attention and support of the sci-fi/fantasy fan community should be very important to you and you’ve completely blown a great opportunity to promote not only the nominated books but the Orbit brand in general.
“You’ve certainly lost some measure of my good will and will have to work hard to regain it.”
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