Goodreads best books of 2015 nominations

owly · 11-07-2015, 08:47 AM

https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2015

HarryT · 11-07-2015, 08:56 AM

How have the nominees in each category been determined?

Fbone · 11-07-2015, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

How have the nominees in each category been determined?

Goodreads pulled data from the members accounts.

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We analyze statistics from the millions of books added, rated, and reviewed on Goodreads to nominate 15 books in each category. Opening round official nominees must have an average rating of 3.50 or higher. Write-in votes may be cast for eligible books with any average rating, and write-in votes will be weighted by the book's Goodreads statistics to determine the top five books to be added as official nominees in the Semifinal Round. A book may be nominated in no more than one genre category, but can also be nominated in the Goodreads Author category. Only one book in a series may be nominated per category. An author may receive multiple nominations within a single category if he or she has more than one eligible series or more than one eligible stand-alone book.

HarryT · 11-07-2015, 01:45 PM

Thanks!

DiapDealer · 11-08-2015, 08:18 AM

I had to do a lot of write-ins this year. I think I'd read two out of all the opening round nominees (and neither were "award material" in my opinion). I'd read about eight or nine of the initial nominees last year.

issybird · 11-08-2015, 08:43 AM

This kind of thing doesn't result in choices that are to my taste, but given that, I still lost any remaining respect for the process last year, when they nominated a book in the history category which had been published in February of the year before, as I knew because I read it when it came out. I emailed TPTB about its ineligibility, but it took them a long time to act and it was pulled very late in the process and replaced with the runner-up, which of course ruined its admittedly slim chances. Don't they even vet the selections?

DiapDealer · 11-08-2015, 08:53 AM

Interestingly enough; I had to contact the Librarian's group about one of my write-in's being incorrectly flagged as ineligible. They did fix it pretty quickly, though. But with nearly a million votes in the opening round, I think it's pretty clear that it's just a big, fat popularity backpat.

Still ... it brings things to my attention that I probably wouldn't have heard about otherwise.

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11-07-2015, 08:56 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	How have the nominees in each category been determined?

11-07-2015, 01:45 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thanks!

11-08-2015, 08:18 AM	#5
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,583 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I had to do a lot of write-ins this year. I think I'd read two out of all the opening round nominees (and neither were "award material" in my opinion). I'd read about eight or nine of the initial nominees last year.

11-08-2015, 08:43 AM	#6
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,307 Karma: 223000000 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	This kind of thing doesn't result in choices that are to my taste, but given that, I still lost any remaining respect for the process last year, when they nominated a book in the history category which had been published in February of the year before, as I knew because I read it when it came out. I emailed TPTB about its ineligibility, but it took them a long time to act and it was pulled very late in the process and replaced with the runner-up, which of course ruined its admittedly slim chances. Don't they even vet the selections?

11-08-2015, 08:53 AM	#7
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,583 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Interestingly enough; I had to contact the Librarian's group about one of my write-in's being incorrectly flagged as ineligible. They did fix it pretty quickly, though. But with nearly a million votes in the opening round, I think it's pretty clear that it's just a big, fat popularity backpat. Still ... it brings things to my attention that I probably wouldn't have heard about otherwise.

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