|
I got a PM this morning alerting me to something I had just realized for myself in setting up the book thread, that the August selection, The Great Halifax Explosion, was in fact an invalid nomination since it had been published within the year (the PMer had no objection to the choice; it was just an FYI).
I think our rule of thumb has to be that if a book hasn't been challenged by the time the poll goes live, it's an official choice. I can only think of three limitations offhand: older than a year, not fully nominated within six months, not a selection of any club in the past five calendar years. People should feel free to object to a nomination on the basis of any of these (or something I missed); if they'd rather not, they can always PM me and I'll be the heavy.
The reason for this particular rule is to help make books available and cheap enough; in this particular case, I hope people can avail themselves of the free UK edition or don't face a long waiting list at the library.
|