Jo, I can't find you on there anywhere, and I was just sure you were in the nominations when I went there on your recommendation. But I don't think they took any of your nominations, either, because the other two aren't on the list either, so it's a darned good thing I got mine in for Bryan, anyway! (It does say "one book" for the original process.) If you can find where you were nominated, we can mention it to them and get it added -- I see where they have done that for some others that people complained about not being on the list.
In the meantime, here's the template for the voting:
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Greetings, all! Here is a template for submitting your vote for the Not the Booker shortlist. Using this template will ensure your vote is properly structured and won't be discarded! And it will make things oh-so-much-easier for your Tally Man. Just use your favorite copy-paste function on the stuff between the asterisks and you'll be In like Flint.
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[yourusername] - Vote # 1 - [Book title only]*
[yourusername] - Vote # 2 - [Book title only]*
[A review of one of the two books. We're looking for something like 100 words, give or take, but we're very generous regarding the word count. Only one review is required, but we'd love to hear your thoughts on the second book too.]
[Anything else you want to tell us, including a review of your second book. We'll read it all, I promise.]
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*Book title only. We'd don't need the author or publisher at this point. If you're voting for a book included on the long list, we already know that. If you're voting for a book not on the long list, we're not going to read your post (or tally it) anyway.
Here are the most important rules to remember:
--Vote for two and only two books, from two distinct publishers.
--Vote for two books by same publisher - discarded.
--Vote for only one book, or more than two books -- discarded.
--Vote for any book not on the long list - entire vote discarded, even if one of the books is on the long list
--Like Sam said, we're not going to be counting words all that carefully. But fail to give some kind of review for at least one of your chosen books - discarded.
