 This resulted in the highest number of submissions for the prize in its history, with 90 books being submitted (50 from Twitter), almost three times the number from the previous year (32).However, Bent also expressed his annoyance at people who gave submissions that broke the rules, with some of the books mentioned being published as far back as 1880.The 2014 prize allowed nominations from self-published works, the first book being "Strangers Have the Best Candy" by Margaret Meps Schulte, which won the prize.