1. Don’t sell ARCs.
2. It says ‘not for resale’ right there on the book.
3. The prices are disgusting, the books aren’t yours to sell and you should be ashamed.
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2. It says ‘not for resale’ right there on the book.
3. The prices are disgusting, the books aren’t yours to sell and you should be ashamed.
🙃
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I'll give my own books away for free before I'd let someone pay for/profit from an ARC.
I was confused because I thought reselling books was a good thing, but reselling ARCs is very clearly a slimy thing to do
I find the prices kind of crazy. I can run to the bookstore and get The Spellshop for under $30. I can't imagine why anybody would throw that kind of money at it.
Sometimes just a “don’t share or sell the ARC” box to tick before joining.
Sometimes books are sent unasked for to likely/popular book reviewers.
And a very small percentage of “reviewers” just see dollar signs & sell ARCs regardless.
had to log in and order 1 TESTONLYDONOTUSE and a few days later I had an ARC in my hands.
There's lots of ways to get one.
Anyway selling ARCs may be kinda lame but it’s not that big a deal imo.
Where’s my fainting couch?
But even if you wanted to part with them, just donate them to a library? Especially if they're well looked after.
When I worked at The Strand (decades ago) there was a whole community hierarchy around when arcs were put out, who got first/second/third dibs, how many they could buy. We had to break up fights. I wonder if it's still the same.
I just showed this image to my coworker and both our jaws dropped.