Don't Forget to Vote in AAR's Annual Reader Poll

AnneMarble · Jan 28, 2008

Also, remind your fans to vote, link to the poll in your blog, etc. The link is here, along with descriptions of categories, instructions, and links to interim results (which are fascinating to follow

). Also, the latest ATBF is about the poll so far, as well as some of the headaches that occur when people vote for books in the wrong categories. (For example, some people have voted for the same Nalini Singh in both paranormal and SF/F/futuristic categories, and that can cause problems for tabulation as most books can't be both paranormal and SF/F/F.)

This is a copy of the e-mail AAR sent to a number of authors, encouraging them to get their fans to participate:

All About Romance is currently in the middle of its 12th annual reader poll (of books with a 2007 copyright). It’s the largest romance novel reader poll that we know of, and we’re trying to get the word out to as many romance readers as possible to vote. The best results are the most representative, which is why want to cast a wide net and catch as many readers as we can. That said, though, we don't want “straight-ticket” voting of readers devoted to one or two authors they’d like to see win in as many categories as possible. As such, among our ballot requirements is that at least six positive categories be filled out. Any ballot that looks like it’s a straight-ticket or near straight-ticket vote, is automatically discarded. We invite all romance novel readers to vote…once…as soon as possible, and to pass the word along to your romance reading friends. Help make this the best annual poll we’ve conducted.

Don't Forget to Vote in AAR's Annual Reader Poll

AnneMarble

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