A New month an Old year!

Well the last month of 2008 and the monthly competition begins all over again!

There are already new titles coming in and some books start with a backlog of votes from previous months. Let's get down to business - who wants the December 2008 Reader's and Author's Choice Awards!

'Paranoia' and 'Over by Christmas' win in November!

More details will follow in the morning but the late night bulletin is that 'Paranoia' has won the Reader's Choice Award for November with over two hundred votes! It was a close contest with ony eight votes between the winner and runner up 'Soft Target'.

'Over by Chrismas' was always the front runner in the Author's Choice Award and this win follows hot on it's success last month as the Reader's Choice!

Congratulations to J E Braun and William Daysh for their extremely popular works.

Just over 24 hours to go!

Approaching 600 votes have been cast this month for our nominated titles, a huge show of support!

Now with just over 24 hours until the shutters come down for November, the top positions are still seperated by only a handful of votes. This month has seen both solid voting for the established titles and the rapid acceleration of new ones.

Check the nominations page for the latest ranking in each category!

Two books seeing most votes!

'Paranoia' and 'Angel's in Mourning' are attracting the most votes at the moment as we approach the last couple of days.

There is just a hair between the leading titles and others are driving up the ranks - but overall the rank ordering is the same as yesterday!

Only 12 Votes in it!

With only a few days of voting left there are just 12 votes separating the top books in the Reader's Choice Award!

Support for both the Reader's and Author's categories has burst into life over the last 24 hours and some of the books further down the list have seen revitalised voting.

3 Days to go!

That can't be right ! Can it?

Just three more days of voting until the 28th and the final count.

Another big day today with lots of support for our current leader in the Reader's Choice Award and strong support also for some of the newer Author's Choices.

It would be naive of me to guess knowing well how it all can change in a day or two, but.....

..... No I'll keep quiet and wait patiently as the next few days hot up even more - we could do with some heat her in the UK!

News Blip!

If any of you saw a somewhat confusing news item earlier - let me explain!

First sorry, that news piece was not intended for this site at all it was for a site where progress on my own novel 'Rachel's Shoe' is given. It is waiting for a release date and I had been given some duff information from my publishers which I passed on to my customers. Some have placed and paid for advance orders so I was just a bit miffed to find the long awaited release date still wasn't on schedule.

Anyway enough about that - you want to know how the voting is going!

We have more nominations for the Reader's Choice Award, the latest being 'Dance with Deception'. The voting for 'Soft Target' is still being scrutinised and 'Paranoia' is still in the lead! The Author's Choice Award has seen fairly modest voting over the past 24 hours but it has been across a number of titles so the outcome is going to be very difficult to predict. 'Over by Christmas' is still out in front and will be difficult to stop with just a few days left of voting.

Weekend wander!

Most change over the past 24 hours has been in the Author's Choice Award positions with two new entrants pushing their way up the ratings.

Interesting movement also with the Reader's Choice Award although 'Paranoia' is still hanging on to the leading position. Due to some duplicate votes 'Soft Target' has declined whilst the votes are scrutinised so it could be back in the running but right now it has dropped out of contention.

10, 9, 8, 7........Countdown to the deadline!

Just 7 full days to go until the November 28th voting deadline!

At this time each month we usually even hotter contention for the leading places and without wishing to give too much away - I predict a very close race indeed for the Reader's Choice Award this month. The top two titles are very close.

It would take an upset to dislodge the Author's Choice Award leading book as throughout the month so far 'Over by Christmas' has led the field. But let's not speak too soon - upsets have been known to happen!

Paranoia takes grip!

There is no doubt the Reader's Choice Awards attract the most votes every day and by comparison the Author's voting often seems quite slow. But we do still receive new nominations all the time from our authors showing solidarity with their peers.

In contrast the Reader's Choice attracts a large number of votes from the satisfied customers of each author. So far this month the highest rate of growth has come for the book that is currently leading this category 'Paranoia'.

Good luck to all the titles!

Dozens of votes - no change!

OK it happens sometimes, despite a flurry of votes coming in the overall positions haven't changed since yesterday.

We have another new entry though in the Author's Choice Award - 'Shades of Gray'. There are unlikely to be any of these by the time we reach month end though if the voting is anything to go by!

New leader!

"Paranoia' by J E Braun moves into the leading position in the Reader's Choice Awards followed by 'In Search of an Angel'. In the Author's Choice Awards, two new entrants are moving up the ranks - 'Mind on Fire' and 'It's Me Again'.

'Over by Christmas' remains out in front with our Authors - at least, today it does! Who knows what tomorrow will bring in either of our categories?

A Mad Weekend!

Wow - the voting is really hotting up now! This weekend has been mad and more titles are still coming forward.

The leading titles are still leading but further down the positions are changing and the challengers in both categories are creeping - in some cases running - up the ladder!

This is what happens when you get such a popular collection of books. All of the authors should take some pleasure in the support their readers and fellow authors are giving.

Top 3 Reader's Choice Books Pass 300 votes !

The votes this month are pouring in and at the halfway point more than 300 have come in for our top three titles in the Reader's Choice alone.

They are - in order of the most votes; 'Soft Target' published by Authorhouse , 'Paranoia' published by iUniverse.com and 'In Search of an Angel' published by Libros International.

Even as I type more votes are coming in so it is extremely close and although the ranking hasn't changed for a couple of days now, it could go any way at the end of the month!

The Author's Choice Award voting continues at a more sedate pace with no changes at the top!

Back in the ratings!

After languishing outside the ranks due to some duplicates votes, 'Soft Target' has returned to lead the Reader's Choice Award for November. The rapid advance of votes for 'Paranoia' mean that it is gaining ground quickly on the leader.

In the Author's Choice Award, 'Over By Christmas' resolutely holds on to the top spot with just a few votes seperating it from the pack but the gap remains consistent. Good luck to all the Authors as we run towards the weekend!

It's tough at the top!

Dozens of votes have come in over the last 24 hours for our top books but the positions have not changed. Whilst the leading titles have pulled away a little, in both categories the middle positions are exremely close and with the number of votes coming in it is anybody's guess who will carry the Awards away this month!

Just like the stock exchange!

Today the voting is a bit like the financial markets with postions bumping up and down !

Some titles are now seperated by a single vote so it has never been closer.

Don't forget to back your favourite but remember duplicates can push them down, not up the ratings!

Voting activity heats up!

I suppose we could do with that in contrast with this lousy weather (here in Britain anyway!).

It's great to see the new titles coming forward and a ressurgence of votes for the existing books. Although there is no overall change yet, I sense it may be immanent in some positions. Lots of votes are coming in across the board in both categories.

So your votes will count and help to keep the temperature rising!

Oh dear - an upset!

One of our leaders has fallen foul of the spam filter after a batch of duplicates came through again. We now have some work to recover geniune votes and we hope too many won't be lost but for now it has dived in the ratings.

Another title is shooting up in popularity and may soon become a contender 'Paranoia' has come from behind to 3rd place in the Reader's Choice Award and the votes are still pouring in!

'Over by Christmas' retains the lead in the Author's Choice with more votes coming in and despite all the support rank positions in both categories are currently very similar to yesterday. It's still all up for grabs!

Here are the latest positions!

After a thorough count and re-count, the latest voting shows 'Soft Target' leading this month's Reader's Choice Award and 'Over By Christmas' leading the Author's Choice. It is close in the top books across both categories.

All the other books are now rank ordered with many neck and neck in their positions.

Only the eighth of the month and the tension is mounting!

Good luck to all the books.

Just 24 Hours to wait!

Just 24 hours until the current votes are completely rank ordered, so if you want to see the latest accurate position of your chosen title, pop by tomorrow evening for the news!

In the meantime, keep those votes pouring in it is still very close at the top of both categories.

Normal service will be resumed as soon as .......

Today I planned to rank order all this month's entries after my shuffle at the beginning of the week. Unfortunately time and tide wait for no man and this one had to spend the day getting his boat ashore for the winter. Sorry about the delay and I will do all the rankings this weekend. Suffice it to say that Ashes to the Vistula and Soft Target are attracting the most new votes at present and whilst several new titles have been nominated, they are not yet ahead in the votes. Of course all the correctly posted votes count even if I have been delayed so do keep them coming in and ....normal service will be resumed by this weekend!

November starts with a bang!

Lots of new titles and votes pouring in, November has certainly started with a bang to match any fireworks party. OK, I know that something slightly higher profile is going on....

This will be my one and only political comment, but I must say it - great news from across the pond - congratulations America!

Make your vote count!

As the voting continues for November, it is important for all supporters to remember they do need to follow the voting procedure correctly or their votes may not count. Also, I understand those who think it helpful to try sending multiple votes but it isn't, the spam filter gets rid of them and there is a danger genuine votes for the same title may be lost.

So please check the website to ensure you get it right but keep those (genuine!) votes coming in.

Nominations Shuffle!

As it is still early days this month we have mixed up the Nominations for each award to bring some of the new entries to your attention. I will revert to the voting order later this week but in the meantime, please take a look at all the titles - but then don't forget to support your favourite!

Reader's Choice Award starts this month's ball rolling

As the November voting begins it is the Reader's Choice that has the first votes coming in. 'Ashes to the Vistula' won the Author's Choice Award last month and has started the race this month for the Reader's Choice Award.

There are plenty of contenders with votes carried over from last month for both awards so it should be an interesting month!

November Kicks Off !

After the crescendo of activity at the end of October, we now glide into another month and a brand new competition for both the Author's and Reader's Choice Awards.

Further improvements to the website design are just around the corner so please watch this space. In the meantime, our titles that were in the running (apart from the October winners) still need your votes and new ones have already started to come in. As the Awards gain wider and wider recognition, thousands are now regularly visiting the site giving our authors the exposure their excellent works deserve.

Roll on November!