the first fuck up was the mix up, the second was not to immediately apologise to the the author, but
Foxhead Send a noteboard - 18/10/2011 01:27:52 PM
tell her she couldn't be on the shortlist.
i mean awarded through virtue of having a similar sounding book title? kind of ridiculous.
it's now a rather impossible situation because the panelists accepted the book, but to cover their own arses are urging the author to withdraw the book herself, putting the pressure on her.
she obviously should withdraw and can still come out of it with her dignity intact BY NOT MAKING A BIG FUSS OUT OF IT!
if i was her and her agent, i'd be super pissed off at this blogger (the agent's wife) for kicking up a stink
i mean awarded through virtue of having a similar sounding book title? kind of ridiculous.
it's now a rather impossible situation because the panelists accepted the book, but to cover their own arses are urging the author to withdraw the book herself, putting the pressure on her.
she obviously should withdraw and can still come out of it with her dignity intact BY NOT MAKING A BIG FUSS OUT OF IT!
if i was her and her agent, i'd be super pissed off at this blogger (the agent's wife) for kicking up a stink
Basically, the awards committee made a fubar over the phone, and the person taking notes on the shortlist of nominations misheard Chime as Shine. This error was "corrected" by having a shortlist of 6 instead of 5 books, which all sounds fine.
However, the awards chairman has since asked the author of Shine to withdraw her book from the competition "to preserve the integrity of the awards". What? How on earth does that make anything better?
Apparently the author is being all kinds of amazingly classy about this, but naturally Twitter and the blogosphere are up in arms.
I'm linking you to a blog by Libba Bray, because I found it interesting and think you might too.
However, the awards chairman has since asked the author of Shine to withdraw her book from the competition "to preserve the integrity of the awards". What? How on earth does that make anything better?
Apparently the author is being all kinds of amazingly classy about this, but naturally Twitter and the blogosphere are up in arms.
I'm linking you to a blog by Libba Bray, because I found it interesting and think you might too.
The latest scandal in the world of publishing: NBA asks Lauren Myracle to withdraw her book.
- 17/10/2011 07:24:12 PM
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The book obviously wouldn't have been on the list. Cut it, don't apologize, tell people to fuck off
- 17/10/2011 08:11:15 PM
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The quote from the blogger's father is all kinds of awesome.
- 17/10/2011 10:26:52 PM
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In fact I'm now far more tempted to read her books than Lauren Myracle's...
- 17/10/2011 11:02:50 PM
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Wow, that's a great quote. I'm afraid I'm going to have to steal it now. 
*NM*
- 18/10/2011 07:40:34 AM
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*NM*
- 18/10/2011 07:40:34 AM
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Yeah, I was confused that the NBA was focusing on a book and not on... itself.
- 18/10/2011 06:24:41 PM
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the first fuck up was the mix up, the second was not to immediately apologise to the the author, but
- 18/10/2011 01:27:52 PM
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Side question- Are these awards publicly voted for, or is it some commmitee who makes the choice?
- 18/10/2011 02:30:49 PM
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