We see a number of ARCs at the store. We don't sell them and never have; we do recycle them (literally) after use (although some, like, say, new Stevermer & Wrede, will probably be held on to long after the fact by whoever survives the fight for it <wry g>).
Almost all of the ARCs we get come from our sales reps. (I've only seen two Baen ARCs ever, one being for a reprint omnibus and one for the new Weber; the latter, the owner of the store is a huge fan of, but we had to beat people off with sticks until we hid the damn thing where No One could see it.) On occasion, when someone is curious about a book that the store didn't see as an ARC, we can ask a rep, and they will dig up an ARC.
That said, the very first fan letter I received for SUN SWORD came well before publication; someone had one of the ARCs because they'd paid 30.00 for it (the buy-it-now price) on ebay. They were just so excited, any annoyance I might otherwise have felt kind of evapourated. And, you know, first fan letter for the novel. I am so easily distracted <rueful g>.
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Date: 2004-08-01 06:39 am (UTC)Almost all of the ARCs we get come from our sales reps. (I've only seen two Baen ARCs ever, one being for a reprint omnibus and one for the new Weber; the latter, the owner of the store is a huge fan of, but we had to beat people off with sticks until we hid the damn thing where No One could see it.) On occasion, when someone is curious about a book that the store didn't see as an ARC, we can ask a rep, and they will dig up an ARC.
That said, the very first fan letter I received for SUN SWORD came well before publication; someone had one of the ARCs because they'd paid 30.00 for it (the buy-it-now price) on ebay. They were just so excited, any annoyance I might otherwise have felt kind of evapourated. And, you know, first fan letter for the novel. I am so easily distracted <rueful g>.