Date: 2004-07-31 11:12 pm (UTC)
As I said in e-mail, I can only give the ebay user ID--I'm not a member so that's as far as the system will let me go. Guy's in Mpls, if that helps. Anybody a member, who can help [livejournal.com profile] editrx out?

The reason why Roc trade-paper ARC's are so plain, and labeled NOT FOR SALE, is because Roc does not want them sold. Period. They are for review use only. Apparently while ARC's were being produced with proofs of the actual covers on them, they looked too much like the real thing. And were being sold as if they were. And the powers that be were not amused. I'm not just overreacting here. This is against company policy.

If these were films, music, or software, ebay would be down on this seller like a ton of bricks. It is strictly against ebay policy (check out the section on Security and Intellectual Property) to hock advance copies of electronic media. I didn't see anything about print media, and they may tell me they don't care--but I didn't think it would hurt to ask. Especially since this guy has a whole gamut of October releases for sale, from a gamut of publishers.

Anyway. Whether or not ebay deals with this guy, I expect Roc will do something about him. And that's where it's really going to hurt--if his source of freebie grocery money suddenly dries up.

I care less what happens to the things after publication of the book. Then they become a legitimate collector's item and will in the natural order of things show up on dealers' tables. Meanwhile they're a promotional tool and this is abuse thereof.
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