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From: Gabriella Kazai [mailto:gabkaz @ microsoft.com]
Subject: Read to win: Take part in the Book Explorers' Competition (Dec 1-15)

Book Explorers’ Competition

December 1-15, 2008

http://www.booksearch.org.uk

Call for participation

The Book Explorers’ Competition is a research experiment where you can win prizes by reading books. The competition is open to anyone over the age of 16. You can compete by yourself and as part of a team.

The competition is run as part of the INEX 2008 Book Track evaluation initiative, which aims to build a large test collection for the evaluation of book search engines, consisting of over 50,000 digitized books and 70 search topics. The competition is an attempt at collecting relevance judgements for these 70 search topics.

To compete, simply collect as many points as you can by exploring the contents of books and finding relevant information on a given topic of your choice (from the set of 70), or by reviewing the work of others. You accumulate points for finding and indicating relevant content or for spotting mistakes in others’ work.

There will be an individual and a team winner – those with the most points by the close of the competition. The individual winner and each member of the winning team will be able to choose their own prize from a list of over 30 Microsoft software and hardware options. These include: Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, AutoRoute GPS 2007, Xbox Project Gotham Racing 4, Halo 3 Xbox 360, Perfect Dark Zero Xbox 360, Age of Empires III: Gold (PC), Gears of War, Halo 2 (PC, Vista), Fable: The Lost Chapters, Wireless Laser Desktop 5000 Keyboard, Wireless Laser Mouse 5000, etc. Please refer to the Terms and Conditions (available on the registration page) to see the full list.

The competition starts on the 1^st of December 2008 (10am GMT) and closes on the 15^th of December 2008 (midnight GMT). You may join at any time between now and the closing date.

For further information and to register, please visit http://www.booksearch.org.uk. Information on how to participate will be sent to you before the 1^st of December via email (using the email address you provide at registration).

If you have any questions, please contact Gabriella Kazai (organiser of the INEX 2008 Book Track) at gabkaz@microsoft.com

Looking forward to welcoming you to the competition,

Gabriella