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It's a juried award Larry Send a noteboard - 19/10/2011 04:07:07 AM
Because if the commitee chooses the winner it really enforces the point that she had no chance to win and should not be on the list. If it was a public vote, then this whole scandal might have raised her chances of winning if she were to remain among the nomimees.


The same judges who came up with the shortlists would then go on to choose the winners.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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The latest scandal in the world of publishing: NBA asks Lauren Myracle to withdraw her book. Rebekah - 17/10/2011 07:24:12 PM 1226 Views
That does sound like quite an extraordinary screw-up. Camilla - 17/10/2011 07:33:56 PM 854 Views
The book obviously wouldn't have been on the list. Cut it, don't apologize, tell people to fuck off Tom - 17/10/2011 08:11:15 PM 777 Views
The quote from the blogger's father is all kinds of awesome. Legolas - 17/10/2011 10:26:52 PM 1042 Views
In fact I'm now far more tempted to read her books than Lauren Myracle's... Legolas - 17/10/2011 11:02:50 PM 933 Views
the quote is from the book Cheaper by the Dozen The Wandering Gambler - 18/10/2011 03:44:32 AM 849 Views
Wow, that's a great quote. I'm afraid I'm going to have to steal it now. *NM* Praziquantel - 18/10/2011 07:40:34 AM 396 Views
Yeah, I was confused that the NBA was focusing on a book and not on... itself. Gher - 18/10/2011 06:24:41 PM 962 Views
the first fuck up was the mix up, the second was not to immediately apologise to the the author, but Foxhead - 18/10/2011 01:27:52 PM 976 Views
I'm with Tom on this. Stephen - 18/10/2011 01:47:49 PM 787 Views
That's a big FU, but she didn't do the right thing either... DomA - 18/10/2011 02:23:38 PM 769 Views
That makes no sense. Why should she withdraw her book? Legolas - 18/10/2011 07:03:23 PM 916 Views
Side question- Are these awards publicly voted for, or is it some commmitee who makes the choice? Stephen - 18/10/2011 02:30:49 PM 765 Views
It's a juried award Larry - 19/10/2011 04:07:07 AM 811 Views
Like Legolas, I was thinking of the less well known NBA. Joel - 18/10/2011 04:08:18 PM 1062 Views
I think her reply should go something like this. MightyYT - 18/10/2011 08:03:23 PM 929 Views
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