Oh it makes me too sad to not be able to join in here. Silly New Zealand!!!
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I think they all got together and decided that they should be sent to me.As a reviewer,I get a buttload of ARCS (yes, that's a technical term now ;D)--no SK-- but I feel weird about doing anything but shelving them them once I'm finished. Curse my honorable streak--haha. I've seen first-hand that it can hurt sales when they're passed around, especially pre-publication. Hell, my own daughter found an ARC of Lauren Oliver's new book at a thrift store long before publication, passed it around to her friends, and now none of them will be buying that particular book. Ms. Mod, as a spokesperson for an author, what would they prefer a reviewer do with an ARC?
I think they all got together and decided that they should be sent to me.
Oh it makes me too sad to not be able to join in here. Silly New Zealand!!!
id really like a book, if you still have any left
FREE TO A GOOD HOME
This litter is of varying breeds and conditions,
and needs to be re-homed. Moving to an
insane asylum and not on approved reading list.
Little maintenance needed or required, just give
them your time and attention. Good with troubled
adults and weird kids. All house broken and
comes with guaranteed hours of enjoyment,
intrigue and terror. Would prefer they go to
a home in need, but not required.
Will ship for free via media mail to any
continental US location.
Will also throw in gratis air guitar.
_ _ _ _ _
(and I’m still holding a free UK hc copy of
The Eyes of the Dragon, just waiting to
hear from king family fan. nudge nudge)
OMG!!! How in the hell do you GET all those??!! And what led you to collect UK versions?I NEVER sell my ARC/proofs, either by eBay or otherwise until well after the book itself is published and then only if I have a duplicate. To see my collection:
Book Collection: jhanic proofs
John
id really like a book, if you still have any left
OMG!!! How in the hell do you GET all those??!! And what led you to collect UK versions?
Is that how it works, Ms Mod? I never thought about the "publicity" side of books.
Do you get feedback to include in the inside covers? And what about the bad ones.?
You do so much, Marsha that we (or I) do not know about the inside working of the process of getting a book out a book.
The ARCs are done by the publishers and they're the ones who distribute them to potential reviewers. Sometimes errors are caught at this stage of the process and those might be corrected before the final print books go out. The reviewers don't typically send their reviews to the publisher--that goes directly to the publication for which they are doing the review so they find out about the bad ones at the same time as the good ones. My understanding is that they solicit blurbs from writers they think will like the book and whose opinion would be valued by potential readers as well as comments from the good reviews and then use those for cover quotes.
In my experience, even ARCs are pretty set in stone, as far as content. I reviewed one three months before pub date that had a HUGE timeline error--it looked like the author had roughly combined two scenes into one and it never got edited to get rid of clothing/setting/timeline inconsistencies. Anyway, when I let the author and publisher know, I got a very nasty letter stating that it was way to late for changes and that the average reader wouldn't see it anyway . Other responses haven't been as nasty, but all say some variation of, "Tough luck."
Ms. Mod, I asked earlier (you probably missed it in the mosh): in your experience, what would authors prefer that reviewers do with completed ARCs? I have a shelf ful, because I feel weird doing anything else with them (and have a horror of throwing away perfectly good books--lol).
If it involves a lot of rewrites, then those don't usually get fixed until possibly the second printing of the book unless they're so bad that it would mean a major rewrite. In that case, the editor should have caught it before it even got to the ARC--should have being the operative phrase as it still happens even with the best of editors--but the typo sort of mistakes can be fixed at that point. Maybe your comment ruffled their feathers because they realized they screwed up.
Sorry, I did miss this earlier. I'm not sure what the publisher likes to have done with them but what they don't like is having them sold ahead of pub date. Have you ever offered to return the ARC to the publisher if it is in a time-frame that they could send it out to someone else? Once the book comes out for the general public, they're not as concerned with what happens to them. Maybe a used book store might be interested in taking them off your hands. View attachment 1358
Oh I see - so SHE was the one who liked the handcuffs, then, eh? (kidding of course!)my coppy of geralds game is with my ex gf. feel too wierd about asking for it back
Where you from @Uncle_CreepShow? I notice you said "aye"Its a real bummer, aye.
Who knows, though - with media rate/budget shipping, it might be worthwhile, for a small batch of paperbacks....
I'm NOT a fan of shipping ANYthing without a confirmation code/insurance, but it can be a jab to the gonads when its time to once again ship 10+ Pratchett paperbacks to my buddy in the Netherlands.
Where you from @Uncle_CreepShow? I notice you said "aye"
Oh - so you and Unca Stevie are good buddies then? Rub shoulders in the Hahdware Store?I'm from Castle Rock, via Bangor, ayuh.
Seriously though, I'm American....Native NYer relocated to the 'ol south.