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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 1748544" data-attributes="member: 8835">Well I haven't bought that many books....But consider it this way, I also buy and play boardgames.I notice that a lot of my favorite games won Origins or Games100 (or whatever its called).  Roborally, Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, etc.I don't specifically seek out the winners of these awards.  But when I'm looking for something in topic X, of two choices, I'll probably pick the one that won an award.I think that applies to the Ennies.  Given 2 choices in a topic I'm interested in (say books on sailing for D&D), I'd pick the one that won an Ennie.  Because it's effectively been reviewed by several people and they found it to be good.  If no book on sailing won an Ennie, then I'd be left to my own devices to figure out which one I like.I think that may be the mentality of many buyers.Janx</blockquote>