Once I am at a computer and not on my phone I will register and do that. :)

Done!

Thankoo!

While I'm sure the book is rather good, I have been displeased with the Ursa Majors ever since I realized it's deciding factor was popularity and not literary merit. Several winners fell so far below what I would consider good writing while anything by certain authors would win regardless of their entry simply because it has their name on it. While I wish voice luck, I cannot in good conscience support the ursas.

Same... Though in all honesty, it is very hard to find an award/contest lately that is different...

So instead, support this book so something good wins?
Read it and decide if it's good enough to vote for.

*chuckles* Ok. Though I really dunno why would someone want to bother getting that award. It's much like .

Bragging rights? :D

It's just that for people who know, it's a negative.

So instead, support this book so something good wins?
Read it and decide if it's good enough to vote for.

If I were to support it, I'd do so by buying the book, but I just wash my hands of the Ursa Major awards themselves.

Like I said, I'm sure the book is great, but an Ursa Major is nothing to be proud of, to me. No offense intended.

Fair enough.

There's always Koyotl's XD

From what I understand, the Coyotl's are far more of what I would expect an award to be. From what I was told there is oversight by a group of folks monitoring the objective quality of the work provided, and I believe voting is more controlled, though I would need to ask someone for verification.

In all honesty, awards to me are something that should be earned by merit, and considering that one can win an Ursa while being on staff (conflict of interest) with self published work not reviewed by anyone (potentially, and while I do realize self published work CAN be good, there is nothing at all preventing anyone from publishing anything, regardless of content, subject, quality, etc), with no measureable criteria (such as minimum sales or out of fandom awards), to which all one needs is two friends that will nominate and vote (any random user will do), and if one has enough fan appreciation, can hold the award ad infinitum (necessitating Kyell Gold to remove himself from consideration), and all the while the story could be complete garbage. Additionally, while the Hugo and Nebula awards have their own bylaws and wikipedia pages, the Ursa Majors does not have any such equivalent (other than their own page, lacking in criteria and rules for the group's operation), to which I would argue that winning a Hugo award is a lifetime achievement, whereas winning an Ursa will get you bragging rights, but won't help you sell your next book.

Again, I wish Voice luck, and apologies for being a Debbie Downer, but credit where credit is due. I'll wish him practical success and hope the book sells well.