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Blackhawkrider I see what you mean, and that's the big problem. Voting helps to motivate the original authors. While comments do help, a lot of original authors still want to try and make their way up the rankings, it just helps them gauge how their novel has grown.
Also, the author would have to make a contract for it to actually go premium. The chance of their novel going premium is rather low unless it reaches up to top 5-10 territory, though I might not be 100% right with that info.