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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seanan_mcguire

August 18 2009, 04:12:23 UTC 7 years ago

It's an interesting notion, but...ARCs aren't meant for that sort of abuse, or for handing off without the "please be sure to buy a copy" social contract. (Also, they can't really handle slow readers well. I'd hate to give a book with a built-in collapse date to a hospital for their library.)

ziactrice

August 18 2009, 10:15:51 UTC 7 years ago

My bad; I didn't really understand the purpose and use of the ARC all that well. Ah, well.