Oh crap...got my days mixed up!
Hey gang -- I'm so sorry, I thought I was on for tomorrow! And to think, I was out shopping! LOL. I *did* score the most gorgeous dress for my emcee duties at the National Reader's Choice Awards in Atlanta this July tho! And on that note, here's my topic for today...contests and whether they work or not. As authors, most of us enter buttloads of contests to give us some creds when it comes to selling our next book and to build a resume. So my question for y'all (as readers) is...do you put any stock in books that have won or finaled in contests? And if so, which ones? I think there'd be quite a few authors who are interested in that question, and hey, may save us some money, too .
Thanks for blogging with me!
Keira
www.keiraramsay.com
Thanks for blogging with me!
Keira
www.keiraramsay.com
SExed by Keira Ramsay at 5:03 PM
9 Comments:
I don't really notice about the awards. I mostly pick a book based on the summaries and excerpts. Especially the excerpts because it shows you the persons style of writing and storytelling ability. But I figure awards are good for exposure.
Books that have won awards... i read a book based on what the summary says and the first couple of pages. If i like it and it has won awards, that's shiny. If it hasn't... it doesn't matter. As long as i think it's good.
The award thing means that other people liked the book enough to give it an award. LOL, it doesn't necessarily mean that i'll like it.
That is a NICE dress. *strokes it* i like both views!
Many blessings,
chibi-hentai
Very nice dress...:) You'll look great up there...:)
As for awards, I don't really pay attention to them. It's kind of like Hentai said, just because they liked it, doesn't mean I will.
Trista
I choose a book based on the blurb and the cover of the book. If it sounds really intersting, I will get it. I don't really notice if it has won an award or not.
I find awards quite subjective and don't put much stock into it. It might make me find out more about the book but whether I buy it depends on whether I like the blurbs and excerpts.
I think awards are really nice and it might bring a book to my attention, but ultimately reading the excerpts and summaries help me to decide whether or not I might like/buy the book. I also try not to let the cover of a book influence me too much since some of the covers out there are not very appealing.
Your dress is sweet! Love the back with the rhinestones! :)
I don't put much stock in awards, though I like to look at the lists for ideas of books I may have missed. I do put a bit more stock on reader awards, since they're usually picked by people like me.
As a reader I don't pay attention to them either. As a writer I enter(ed) contests for different reasons including industry prestige (of the contest---not me LOL)
You get to go to the Reader's Choice Awards -- cool! You go, girl.
And as for contests -- nope, I just read what I like. I've started to ignore the star ratings in RT also since some of the 4 1/2s I've read aren't all that good. Some of the reviewers give BIG name authors 4 1/2 s for what I consider to be routine, boring stuff.
Rae Morgan
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