A question for the genre readers out there

[megwrites]

fashionista_35 asked this question in general with lots of awards, but I wanted to ask it specifically with the big SF/F genre awards because I am endlessly fascinated by the things that shape people's buying habits, negatively or positively.

So here's the question:

Does seeing that a book is a Nebula/Huga/World Fantasy nominee or winner make you more likely to read and/or buy that book? Does it have any effect on your reading/book buying habits at all?

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

No.

Tiptree, though, yes.

[moondancerdrake.livejournal.com]

This is about right for me, too

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

Yes. (Hugo, btw, after Hugo Gernsback :)

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Marginally. A Hugo/Nebula winner or nominee with subject matter that interests me and no super-hard science or really weird stuff is an easy sell for me. I've had very good luck with World Fantasy awards, but a lot of the time what's nominated for the Hugos and Nebulas interests me not at all.

[ithiliana.livejournal.com]

Nope--in fact, I barely track them at all. (More of the books I have bought and loved are on the Tiptree List than the other awards!)

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

Tiptree has a list? How do I never know these things! *cue great wail*

[ithiliana.livejournal.com]

*g*

*waves bye-bye to you for a while*

http://www.tiptree.org/?see=award

Not only do they list the winners, but they list nominated books and "honor list" (books that were worthy but), with comments from judges (and judging panel much more diverse than many awards, literary or sf).

Enjoy!

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! This is awesome :)

[ladyslvr.livejournal.com]

No.

Except, one of my to-do list items is to read all the past Hugo award winning novels that I haven't already read. So, someday it will affect my buying habits.