Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year Especially considering the prize champions 'odd titles' and "not" 'odd books' (see the Man Booker for the latter)". The winner was originally voted for by a panel of judges, but since 2000 the winner has been voted for by members of the public via the Internet. Bent resisted this move and threatened to resign, but he later reconsidered and now creates the short list of finalists. Also, the title of the book must be in English, although the language in the book can be any language. In September 2008, a book about the Diagram Prize was published by Aurum Press
Arthur C. Newby Arthur C. Newby Arthur Calvin Newby (December 29, 1865—September 11, 1933) was a pioneer of the bicycle and automotive industry in Indianapolis, Indiana and one of the four founders of the Indianapolis Speedway with Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison and Frank H. Wheeler. He was born near Monrovia, Indiana but his family moved to Kansas City then California. Newby came back to Indiana and Indianapolis in his late teens and worked his way up to head bookkeeper at milling machinery manufacturer, Nordyke Marmon & Company. A keen cyclist he set up the Zig-Zag Bicycling Club and remained its secretary