Of course I read Smart Bitches Trashy Books regularly. You should too.
Anyway.
Recently Hillel Italie, the AP book reporter stopped by the SBTB blog to answer a few hilarious questions. Take a look at the interview here, but pay special attention to the last question: the eb00k reader.
Hillel Italie suggests that publishers might begin sending advance copies electronically. I think that's a great idea. We all know most books sent out for review end up in a stack teetering precariously toward the moon, untouched, unread, and certainly unreviewed.
I had lunch yesterday with one such industry persona who described her office as a cross between a library and a hurricane.
Think of the cost savings of sending only electrons!
It would also cut down on a very interesting secondary market: selling review copies to bookstores.
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the eBook ARC would also serve to keep a certain agent out of the slam, just in case another nefarious type decides to lift her copy and then cry foul on the train, n'est-ce pas, cher?
ah yes, the great subway theft of
Nothing To Lose
Am I living in an alternate universe from you, Janet? I've already seen eARCS and even gotten one for review. It's happening.
I haven't seen them yet, and I haven't seen a drop in the number of printed ARCs either.
I'm on the lookout now though! Thanks!
It's uber-geeky, I know, but I recently learned how to use Palm Markup Language to create an ebook (.pdb file) from my manuscript (keeping my bold, italics, centering, etc.) with a clickable table of contents.
Right now it's purely for my own amusement/convenience on my Palm Pilot. I would love if it was actually useful to someone else. *snort*
Speaking of the great subway theft of 2008, did anyone see Kevin Nance's interview with Lee Child in the Chicago Sun Times? It's here:
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/books/1017964,SHO-Books-childq22.article
Excellent article, pk! But the link was broken in your post. Let's see if I can link it here:
Interview with Lee Child
Thank you Susan!
I've been a big John D. MacDonald fan for so long and it was refreshing to read about the sublime Mr. Child's inspirations.
E-pubs send out electronic ARCs all the time, but I like the uniqueness of a paper ARC. I received my first a few months ago.
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