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

[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.