Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blood and Sunlight: A Maryland Vampire Story
I did a search and found no coverage for this book other than the two sources linked in the article. Two local sources covering an author are not enough to show notability. We'd need far more to show notability for this book and/or the author. As far as popularity goes, popularity alone does not give notability. It just makes it more likely that sources would be found. That said, 500 followers on Facebook really isn't that much when you get down to it and the author has the same issues of notability as the book does. Most of what is out there are as far as sources go for the author and the book are primary sources, merchant sites, junk hits that come up with any search, and non-reliable blog entries. Neither the author nor the book have any notability as far as Wikipedia is concerned and the book being "recognized" in the vampire community does not mean that it's notable. I understand that it's harder for small press books to get the attention that larger and more well-known series in the same genre have gotten, but they're still held to the same standards of  and , which neither passes. Now as far as the mention of the Bram Stoker Award goes, being on the initial ballot means absolutely nothing. Anyone that's a member of the HWA can nominate a book and membership in the HWA is not that hard to get. The initial ballot is comprised of anything that is recommended by the HWA members and is quite large. Authors can also freely submit their work to be considered. Even if being on the ballot was akin to being nominated for an Oscar, the book didn't win and notable awards only extend notability if they win. This book just isn't notable enough to pass notability guidelines
— User:Tokyogirl79, 04:13, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NBOOK||WP:AUTHOR (Wikipedia:Notability)