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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Just to play devils advocate 
If the puppies claim the majority of fans will go for puppy type books and the dragon con mostly awarded to puppy type books and there is no proof of any gaming of the system, isn't it possible they were correct? |
I would suggest that they quite often didn't go to puppy-type books, but rather to books that VD said his followers should vote for. Some of which he publishes, and have almost no goodreads ratings (a reasonably decent barometer of actual popularity, I would guess.)
If I were to play devil's advocate myself, I'd say this was an experiment in how a small clique can still dominate an award with an open vote.