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.
Tags: giving stuff away, requesting things, rosemary and rue, toby daye
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ladymondegreen

August 18 2009, 03:00:52 UTC 7 years ago

Send some to overseas publications that do book reviews?

Failing that, send them to friends in cities that have major anchor stores for the chains that are carrying your books to get a jump start on the "employee's choice" featured book queue at said chains?

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2009, 04:25:34 UTC 7 years ago

I can't afford to eat the postage right now (re: overseas publications), but good point on the major anchor stores. I'll hop on that one with great good cheer.

ladymondegreen

August 18 2009, 14:14:58 UTC 7 years ago

Excellent! Blame marapfhile, he gave me the seed of the idea with suggesting that he was going to see if his mother would recommend it at her bookstore (after it comes out).