JohnnyWEbook
here. As many of you know, I’m the Managing Editor and resident book maker at WEbook. Along with
Melissa, William (TsungChi), and the rest of the staff here at WEbook, we’ve
been hotly debating the voting cycle that ended a few weeks ago. I’m writing to
share our thoughts and open a discussion.
We looked at all 400+ projects in the vote and believe that the two books most ready for publication are Five, by RikScott and In Case of Emergency: Please Notify Orlando Bloom, by wooster. Both projects are excellent efforts. Unlike past winners, however, we are hesitant to publish either title in its current form. We have contacted RikScott and wooster about working with them to revise their manuscripts with the intention of reconsidering their projects for publication at a later date.
Honorable mention goes to the following books: Right Hand Up to God, by CallumC; Waiting for the Mailman, by FaithAnneLove; and Coming Up for Air, by elsewhere. Each book is compelling in different ways, but they ultimately fall short in terms of readiness for publication and/or potential in the marketplace. The authors of these projects deserve congratulations as well, as do all the participants in the vote. Your hard work and dedication fuels our mission of making WEbook the most dynamic place on the Web to write, to read, and to rub elbows with people who are passionate about great literature in all forms.
Going forward,
we’re going to significantly alter the voting process. Thanks largely to your
ongoing suggestions, we’ve got some ideas in the works about how to do this.
However, we need to hear (more) from you. To facilitate the discussion, we’ve
opened a new forum where I'll jump in from time to time.
Together, we
believe we can continue to make the voting process fair, friendly, and even
more capable of attracting and encouraging the type of work that inspired us to
become fans of great writing in the first place.
Sincerely,
JohnnyWEbook
To see detailed results of the vote, click here.
To find out more about the WEbook vote, click here.
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