Congratulations to the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Top 10 Finalists!
Mar 03 2008 09:34 Filed in: News
Amazon and Penguin
announced the Top 10 Finalists in the Amazon
Breakthrough Novel Award on March 3, 2008.
* The Hellraiser of the Hollywood Hills by Jennifer Colt
* Casting Off by Nicole R. Dickson
* Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan
* The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer
* The Butterflies of Grand Canyon by Margaret Erhart
* Ring of Lies by Karen Laugel
* Fresh Kills by Bill Loehfelm
* Motherless Children by Randall Luce
* The Prospect of My Arrival by Dwight Okita
* Wrecking Civilization Before Lunch by John Ring
Amazon customers can go to the www.Amazon.com/ABNA site to download longer versions of each of the novels and then write a review. The following is taken from the Amazon ABNA site:
“Finalists will earn the following point values based on your star ratings:
•5 stars = 3 points
•4 stars = 1 point
•1, 2 or 3 stars = 0 points
•Download only (no review or star rating) = 0 points
The grand prize winner will be the finalist who earns the most total points from customer ratings.
Only ratings with qualified reviews will be counted, and a customer may only rate and review each excerpt once.”
For the first two weeks, reviews will be posted on the site, but after that they will be hidden to maintain the element of surprise until the announcement of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award winner on April 7, 2008.
Good luck to all the Finalists! We hope to see all your books on ABNA Books...as forthcoming bestsellers!
* The Hellraiser of the Hollywood Hills by Jennifer Colt
* Casting Off by Nicole R. Dickson
* Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan
* The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer
* The Butterflies of Grand Canyon by Margaret Erhart
* Ring of Lies by Karen Laugel
* Fresh Kills by Bill Loehfelm
* Motherless Children by Randall Luce
* The Prospect of My Arrival by Dwight Okita
* Wrecking Civilization Before Lunch by John Ring
Amazon customers can go to the www.Amazon.com/ABNA site to download longer versions of each of the novels and then write a review. The following is taken from the Amazon ABNA site:
“Finalists will earn the following point values based on your star ratings:
•5 stars = 3 points
•4 stars = 1 point
•1, 2 or 3 stars = 0 points
•Download only (no review or star rating) = 0 points
The grand prize winner will be the finalist who earns the most total points from customer ratings.
Only ratings with qualified reviews will be counted, and a customer may only rate and review each excerpt once.”
For the first two weeks, reviews will be posted on the site, but after that they will be hidden to maintain the element of surprise until the announcement of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award winner on April 7, 2008.
Good luck to all the Finalists! We hope to see all your books on ABNA Books...as forthcoming bestsellers!