[srmalloy]

Originally Posted by sirbruce

Seems like those "free" books cost you $50:

http://www.thehugoawards.org/?p=143

But the short stores are available for free, usually:

http://pl745.pairlitesite.com/hugos/08hugonomlist.php

I can see the point there; if you don't have at least a supporting membership to WorldCon, you can't vote for the Hugos; distributing the nominees as free ebooks to the voters lets them read all the nominated works and make a more informed choice among them in each category.