Docking the ARCs
It turns out that ARCs are surprisingly difficult to give away. What’s an ARC? An ARC is an Advance Reading Copy of a book. They are usually ugly, and their mother dressed them a little funny, to make...
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Last week, and it is difficult to believe it was already more than a week ago, the American Library Association held its Annual Conference in the land of Mickey Mouse, Anaheim, California. And there...
View ArticleARCs, Stacks and Hauls
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” The quote is from Desiderius Erasmus. How totally appropriate, but also one I’ve lived by long before I knew it...
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One of the terrific things about American Library Association conferences is the ARCs. In piles on the floor. On tables. Everywhere you look. Authors talking about their process. Lauren Dane was...
View ArticleBookish Rants or Raves: ARC-gate at ALA
Last week, and it is difficult to believe it was already more than a week ago, the American Library Association held its Annual Conference in the land of Mickey Mouse, Anaheim, California. And there...
View ArticleStacking the Shelves (78)
Someone blogged a couple of weeks ago about the temptation to get ARCs, resisting the temptation, and feeling overwhelmed by the number of review copies in one’s TBR stack versus the number of books...
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