Anyone here in Publishing?
Anyone here in Publishing?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:07pmIs it possible for ordinary Joe Schmoes like myself to get advanced copies of books?
#2re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:09pm
It's "advance" not "advanced."
And, no, only liberals get them.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#3re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:18pmYou can write the publisher - of course you may have to tell a little white lie like "I am planning on doing a review", but you could get them. Also try asking at your local bookstore. I was in author promotions for Barnes and Noble and A Different Light and they were sent to us all the time. So many in fact that we either donated them, or gave them away. Also be aware that advance copies are sometimes galley's and have mistakes and edits in them.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#4re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:24pmYou can also buy a lot of advanced stuff on ebay.
#5re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:25pm
"Advance," people. Not "advanced."
Sheesh.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:27pm
"u mean Harry Potter?"
No. I can wait for that.
It's more of a $$ thing. I see all these interesting books in the store but can't pop $30 for them. And the New York Public Library isn't in any hurry to buy them. Sometimes I can pick them up discounted at the Strand, but once again run into the $$ problem.
#7re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 9:14pm
1. try the Strand in NYC
2. EBay
3. Amazon cut out bins
4. I am in publishing and you are not going to get comps for books. If you claim to be reviewer many houses want a fax on your magazine's letterhead as proof or some clips of your work.
Them's the breaks.
Or get a library card and support your public library!
#8re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 9:27pmMake friends with someone who works at a bookstore. I was a bookstore employee for many years and received numerous advance copies.
#9re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:45pmYou can check out used bookstores, attend Book Expo (which just passed) or know someone who works for a publisher or reviews books for a publication. Joe Schmo is pretty much SOL.
#10re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:52pmI work in the printing industry. My company prints all the Harry Potter books. Everything is under lock and key...good luck trying to get an advanced copy.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#11re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/16/07 at 12:53amI got an advanced copy of The God Delusion. I am now God.
#12re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:23am
OR... You are now delusional.
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#13re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:43am
no, not for ordinary schmoes like you. I am in publishing, have been for 17 years....and review copies are no where near as easy to get as they once were.
Ours can only be had by known reviewers, or professors, etc.
#14re: Anyone here in Publishing?
Posted: 6/16/07 at 11:28am
I'm in publishing and I have family in publishing also, but I don't think advance (not advanced!) copies are all that great, truth be told. The covers are a plain color, there are still editing errors, and the typesetting hasn't yet been corrected - there are bizarre paragraph and page breaks.
That said, you pretty much have to know someone on the inside. Even then, you aren't going to get the most popular releases - the bigger the release, the more closely it is guarded.
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