# Do E-Books win major awards? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-e-books-win-major-awards/838555 "2019-08-12T14:26:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-e-books-win-major-awards/838555/21 "2019-08-13T23:59:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I didn’t know that you were an author. OK, yes, that would certainly make you a definitive source for how things are done with the Edgar. One might still question _why_ they do it, but… And I have been an Edgar judge. And let me tell you, reading over 500 books in a year (but actually less than a year, and a lot of books show pretty early that they aren’t worthy), and giving each one a fair shake, can give you an unusual insight into the business. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-e-books-win-major-awards/838555/22 "2019-08-14T02:53:24Z")
Wait, 500 books in a year? Did you have to finish them all, or were you allowed to give up as soon as it became clear that it wasn’t award-worthy? That’s a full-time job, and then some. It’d make a lot more sense to have a multi-tiered process, with the earlier tiers being open to a large set of people who don’t have to read all of them, and then narrowing it down to, say, 10 finalists for the official judges. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-e-books-win-major-awards/838555.md?page=1)