The finalists are out and we're bidding a fond farewell to the rest of the nominees. But before we move on, here's a few factoids about all the books that somebody loved enough to nominate.
Total nominations: 1,285
Percent read by at least one panelist: 98%
Percent read by at least two panelists: 94%
Only 24 titles weren't read at all, and those were books we basically couldn't get our paws on no matter what. If you wrote a book and it was sent to one of our panelists, it got read to at least the 50th page.
Yeah, I have to write that because last year, everyone who didn't make the short list assumed it was because obviously we didn't read their opus or we instantly would've recognized their genius. Sorry, folks. Did you see the part above that said 1,285 got nominated? So, you're in good company if you didn't make the cut.
Everyone else should immediately start filling in the gaps in your Amazon wish list. Pretty, pretty, pretty please buy through the links on our site so we get a commission. Cybils' Amazon sales were down by almost 2/3 in December. Yipes!
Here's wishing you a busy reading year in 2011.
–Anne Levy, Cybils admin.