Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: stumped
  • Music: Moulin Rouge, "Elephant Love Medley."

Okay. Advise me.

I have a few more ARCs to give away, and I'm stumped. So how should I give them away? (Hint: saying "give them to me" will actually not endear you, unless you finish that sentence with "I do all the buying for a major bookstore" or something similar, and can present credentials.) Have you got a favorite review site? Have I missed a contest? Should I abandon them on BART cars? What?

Propose anything. I am open to the crazy.

EDIT: So it's said, the "abandon on BART cars" option was a joke. I won't do anything that involves releasing ARCs into the wild, outside the bounds of the standard social contract, with no idea where they went. Not okay.
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liamstliam

August 17 2009, 18:58:33 UTC 7 years ago

I would sign them and leave them on BART cars.

If you send me one, I will leave it in a public place, and the person who picks it up just might be a buyer for a major bookstore.

;)

seanan_mcguire

August 17 2009, 19:46:21 UTC 7 years ago

Public abandonment makes the ARC social contract of "now you have to buy one" difficult to enforce, however.

bardling

August 17 2009, 22:39:13 UTC 7 years ago

You could always sign them with a note of "if you find this and keep it, please write a review somewhere", perhaps or something to that effect?
Not enforcable, but perhaps a whacky investment that you may or may not consider worth doing...

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2009, 03:31:12 UTC 7 years ago

I considered it early in. This close to the actual release date, I'd worry a bit about its validity. Especially since (as people keep forgetting), ARCs are very delicate. It wouldn't make it far before dissolving!

bardling

August 18 2009, 07:00:28 UTC 7 years ago

Ah, not having held an ARC in my hands before, I didn't know they're fragile - that does indeed argue counter. Fair enough, good idea but no cigar, as they say.