I do a fair amount of linkage from one thread to the next, but I could certainly link to the nomination and discussion threads in this thread, also. The timing on a link to the discussion thread is a little tricky; linking on the day it opens is too late for someone to read the book in a timely fashion.
I assume that if someone's read the book they won't forget to show up for the discussion in any case.
I wonder how many navigate from (or even look at) the front page? As it is, I put the nomination thread on the front page and polls always appear on the front page by default. I suspect we all have blinders to an extent about the methods others use to read the forum.