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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
For what it's worth, I've only nominated a couple of times because I generally don't read that much of the current year's books, and my favorites of the nominees usually don't win the awards. However, I don't take that as a sign that there's a conspiracy to rig the awards.
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It's quite difficult to nominate properly. I don't read that many brand-new works. I'm not often willing to pay hardback prices, for a start. This year was the first year I'd actually read more than 5 books from the previous year, and I hadn't read any short fiction I thought was good enough.
As long as that is the case and the barrier to entry is low, it will be possible for a small organised group to put something on the ballot.