First of all...good to see you online, Jason. Not even a category 4 hurricane could stop the soon-to-be notorious LBC
About the books we choose...is it a requirement that the chooser has not yet read the book in question? Otherwise, is it a requirement that he or she has? I really don't know how this works.
Also...I'd like to know how books are chosen. There was a discussion elsewhere that leaned toward the democratic approach. This definitely has it benefits coz everyone gets a vote. However, this can lead to a "tyranny of the majority" that could prevent hidden gems from making the cut.
We could do a roundtable of people choosing books. Each person gets to choose one - or even provide a limited selection of books for the rest of us to choose (a Representative Monarchy). I know some of you are worried that someone might get heat for choosing a stinker. Well so what? If it was me, I'd laugh it off and take whatever I earned
If we go full democracy, is it possible to invoke some sort of a "guiding hand" with regards to genre? You know...like what we do on Pop-Ups. Otherwise, less popular genres may never see their day in the sun.
Of course...we could alternate between selection methods (also mentioned in another discussion). And I nominate Jason for working out the mechanics this headache
Thoughts? Improvements? Rotten-egg projectiles?
About the books we choose...is it a requirement that the chooser has not yet read the book in question? Otherwise, is it a requirement that he or she has? I really don't know how this works.
Also...I'd like to know how books are chosen. There was a discussion elsewhere that leaned toward the democratic approach. This definitely has it benefits coz everyone gets a vote. However, this can lead to a "tyranny of the majority" that could prevent hidden gems from making the cut.
We could do a roundtable of people choosing books. Each person gets to choose one - or even provide a limited selection of books for the rest of us to choose (a Representative Monarchy). I know some of you are worried that someone might get heat for choosing a stinker. Well so what? If it was me, I'd laugh it off and take whatever I earned
If we go full democracy, is it possible to invoke some sort of a "guiding hand" with regards to genre? You know...like what we do on Pop-Ups. Otherwise, less popular genres may never see their day in the sun.
Of course...we could alternate between selection methods (also mentioned in another discussion). And I nominate Jason for working out the mechanics this headache
Thoughts? Improvements? Rotten-egg projectiles?
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