For me it wasn't the nom. People can nominate whatever they want, and I was thinking about nomming a self-pubbed book myself. I didn't this year, but next year I will.
What left a bad taste in my mouth was the Big Bang Press tumblr using the #yuletide tumblr tag to advertise that it had been nominated: http://bigbangpress.tumblr.com/post/100952019691/a-hero-at-the-end-of-the-world-is-a-yuletide-fandom
I just find it uncomfortable because there's a difference between fans being fannish and that having a flow-on effect for creators, and creators very deliberately using fannish interest to lever sales for themselves, especially given that the book gets published next month if Amazon's dates are right.
Re: Pimping Fandoms for Money
For me it wasn't the nom. People can nominate whatever they want, and I was thinking about nomming a self-pubbed book myself. I didn't this year, but next year I will.
What left a bad taste in my mouth was the Big Bang Press tumblr using the #yuletide tumblr tag to advertise that it had been nominated: http://bigbangpress.tumblr.com/post/100952019691/a-hero-at-the-end-of-the-world-is-a-yuletide-fandom
I just find it uncomfortable because there's a difference between fans being fannish and that having a flow-on effect for creators, and creators very deliberately using fannish interest to lever sales for themselves, especially given that the book gets published next month if Amazon's dates are right.