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"The Big Read" from the BBC

From: Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~fast24.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 21:07:38 +0100
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

The Big Read is the country's biggest ever celebration of the magic of
reading. We're searching for Britain's best-loved fiction across television,
radio, online and interactive services, kicking off with a TV show when
celebrities present their favourite reads on 5 April.

We will then be inviting the nation to vote for their best-loved book on the
website or by phone leading to an announcement of the Top 100 books later in
the month. Over the spring and summer, readers are encouraged to read and
talk about their favourites. Later in the year the Top 10 will be released
and voting for no.1 will commence!

So, whether your own Big Read choice is an old favourite or a modern
classic, share your love of reading and get involved.

1. Viewers should nominate/vote for their BEST-LOVED BOOK.

2. This must be a novel (non-fiction, short stories, poetry or plays do not
qualify).

3. It can also be a novel from anywhere in the world, as long as it has been
translated into English, and from any era.

4. There will be mechanisms in place to stop automated and block voting.

5. The nomination period to discover the Top 100 best-loved books will begin
on Saturday 5 April 2003 and end at midnight on Saturday 19 April.

6. A Top 10 will be compiled from this list. Only one book per author will
be allowed in the Top 10. The final top 10 will be determined by 'shuffling'
the results to enable this to happen. For example, if an author has two
books in the Top 10, the lowest scoring of these two books will be moved
down the list to place number 11 and the number 11 book will enter the Top
10 at number 10.

7. The voting period for the best-loved book in the Top 10 will commence
later in the year around the autumn TV series.

8. Viewers should nominate/vote for their single best-loved book. The only
exception is for continuous stories such as trilogies or quartets that have
been published in a single bound volume e.g. Lord of the Rings, The
Alexandria Quartet.

9. Viewers cannot nominate/vote for a collection of books that may have been
compiled in a box set. Nominations/votes should be for an individual book
only e.g. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

10. If a viewer inadvertently nominates a collection rather than a single
book, the nominations will be added to the top scoring book in that
collection. But nominations for an author without any book title will be
discounted. For example, if a viewer nominates Harry Potter rather than
naming a specific book in the series, that nomination will be added to the
top scoring Harry Potter title. If, however, the viewer nominates JK Rowling
without the name of a book or collection, the nomination will be discounted.

11. The BBC reserves the right to disqualify any mass orchestrated vote by
an individual or organisation and will discount those votes or books
accordingly.

This means that if members in the UK want to nominate Jules Verne, they will
have to make it clear that whilst I have posted this information, it is
meant as INFORMATION only and not a plug to vote for Jules Verne

Harry Hayfield

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