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[Poll #980885]

Note: "An award" does not mean that you are indiscriminate and will read something just because it won A. N. Award. If you occasionally read books because they win the Whitbread, but couldn't care less about the Nebula winner, tick "yes" for "I have occasionally read a book because it was nominated for or won an award." Similarly, if you've been debating about picking up a book and then an award tips you over the edge, that counts as a yes too. Use your own judgement for what counts as "occasionally" or "often".

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[white_hart]

I will generally pick up two or three books every year that were shortlisted for the Booker/Orange/Whitbread prizes, if I thought they sounded interesting when I read the coverage of the prizes, or if someone else I know has recommended them. I'm not sure this counts as reading them 'because' they've been nominated, but if they hadn't been I might well not have heard of them or bothered to buy them - the award is an extra seal of approval rather than a sole reason for buying.