I mean, just looking at the comments on the linked post: by the time I hit the 16th comment, three people have said they own all three anyway, one person has said they're "probably all available for free in the usual places"[1], one person has said that they've usually already read two or three of the nominees anyway by the time the nominees are announced, and one person has specifically said that they've already read two of the nominees and aren't moved to check out the third.
I am, overwhelmingly, not getting the impression that Hugo-voting fandom was holding back on buying these books until they could get free and complete copies in the voter's packet, at which point they would shell out monies for them. --- [1] I choose to believe they mean "libraries". >.>
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Date: 2014-05-14 06:51 pm (UTC)I am, overwhelmingly, not getting the impression that Hugo-voting fandom was holding back on buying these books until they could get free and complete copies in the voter's packet, at which point they would shell out monies for them.
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[1] I choose to believe they mean "libraries". >.>