Bringing back the BOTM vote
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Bringing back the BOTM vote
Also, it would help to garner more of an interest in the books and get people to actually read the book rather than just reading the sample pages. So is there anyway we can bring back voting for the BOTM?
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Might be an idea to bring back voting for the BOTM for some of the months? Maybe there's a way so people can't vote for their own as kandscreeley mentioned.
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Thank you for agreeing with me! I haven't really had a strong interest in most of the BOTMS. When I saw the upcoming ones, I wasn't ecstatic at all. Also, I can tell that a lot of people aren't reading the books because they're not really interested in them either.hsimone wrote:I agree on this as well. I used to read every BOTM regardless, but lately I've found myself not interested or invested in the most recent books. Also, I feel the posting contest is making people just say things and not read the books, which seems to defeat the purpose of BOTM and lowers my enjoyment of participating. So, maybe if we did a trial or every couple of months could be a book that the online community would choose, then that would bring back some of the joy BOTM once had (at least for me). Thank you for bringing this up, Amagine!
As Gingerbo0ks and kandscreely were saying, it doesn't have to be every month but every couple of months would be fine. It would make for some lively discussions and a stronger community feeling.
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hsimone wrote:I agree on this as well. I used to read every BOTM regardless, but lately I've found myself not interested or invested in the most recent books. Also, I feel the posting contest is making people just say things and not read the books, which seems to defeat the purpose of BOTM and lowers my enjoyment of participating. So, maybe if we did a trial or every couple of months could be a book that the online community would choose, then that would bring back some of the joy BOTM once had (at least for me). Thank you for bringing this up, Amagine!
I definitely agree about the posting contest. Although I think it's great to have the discussions growing, it seems that some people are just posting random thoughts to get their count up.
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In fact, every book's page on Bookshelves has a link to "Nominate/Vote for Book of the Month".
Books are chosen using the nominations and votes pending sufficient participation.
The March Book of the Month (Station Eleven) was voted in through that page. The current vote numbers you see there is how many have been collected since March.
We also have a Book of the Year voting ongoing. The current result are available at: shelves/boty-leaderboard.php
There is a lot more participation with that. So if a book wins that wasn't previously Book of the Month, then that book will be made into Book of the Month sometime in 2018.
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The requirements also state that the book must NOT be part of a series. The November and December books clearly say that they are the first books in a series. Is it because they are the first book in a series instead of book two or three that this rule was able to be ignored?
In my opinion, either the requirements for BOTM should be reviewed and changed or there should be more consistency with the BOTM following the current requirements.
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