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July 2017 Book of the Month Group Read

Welcome to this month’s group read. As usual, this group read is to be selected by you, the members. To differentiate ourselves from most other groups, we’re focusing on lesser-known authors and books.

IMPORTANT!
* You must now place the book to be nominated on the july-2017-bom-nominees bookshelf:

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

(This procedure helps to prevent any confusion in finding the correct book.)

* The final voting date is 5 July because I started the nomination process late and the US Independence Day holiday on 4 July.

Mission Statement
This group Book of the Month is intended to provide exposure for lesser-known authors and books, as determined by the members, by having the members select a set of books (optionally by genre), of which at least one must be a member book, for the Book of the Month.

What is a lesser-known book?
A lesser-known author or book has the following general attributes:
* Only has a few reviews and ratings (Goodreads or Amazon)--the number is typically in the single digits, although it could also be the middle to low hundreds
* Does not have thousands of ratings or reviews
* Hasn’t won or been nominated for any awards
* Is not on any major bestsellers list
* Is not an acknowledged classic

Some examples of lesser-known works are practically any member book.

If a dispute arises as to the qualifications of a book as a lesser-known work, then common sense and consensus would prevail. In the case of a deadlock, a moderator decision would be binding.

Nomination Process
1) Each member nominates one qualified book by placing it on the july-2017-bom-nominees bookshelf.
a) Go to the bookshelf by clicking the bookshelf link: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
b) Find your book by typing its title in the Add books field and clicking Search.
c) To the right of your book, click either Add to group or Edit.
d) Select the july-2017-bom-nominees bookshelf to add your book to by clicking Choose shelves and checking july-2017-bom-nominees. Make sure to also select To Read.
e) Click Close and then Save Group Book.

2) Authors must wait until the 6th month after one of their books has been chosen as a book of the month group read before they are eligible for nomination again. For example, for this month's group read, the most recent month for which an author's book could have been the group read is January 2017.

3) The nomination process ends on 30 June at 11:59PM Pacific Time.

Final Selection Process
1) Approval voting.

To promote the broadest participation possible, you should vote for all of the books that you want to read. The nominee with the most votes would become the BoM. In this way, you don't need to vote for a book just because you think it will win even though you'd rather read another one. Instead, you can vote for both of them!

Note: This is the type of voting system that we have been using since the beginning.

2) The final selection process ends on 5 July at 11:59PM Pacific Time.

Hi Alex,

Apparently only moderators can add books to the shelf!

oops. sorry. I fixed it.

Three more days until the nomination period closes!

The nomination process ends on 30 June at 11:59PM Pacific Time.

1 more day until the nomination period closes!

The nomination process ends tomorrow 30 June at 11:59PM Pacific Time.

Last day for nominations!

The nomination process ends today 30 June at 11:59PM Pacific Time.