ARC for sale
So today I was browsing in a used bookstore that's near my apartment, where I found, on sale, an Advanced Reader's Copy of some book or another. Chick lit, I think. For anyone not in the publishing world, an ARC is an advance copy that publishers send out to generate buzz about a book. Because the publisher essentially pays for that copy out of their own pocket, a reader/ reviewer isn't allowed to sell the book--there are warnings printed on the book to this effect; and in any case, an ARC can... Sign in to see full entry.