Will ARC editions become the ebook version of a hardback? - Page 2

sourcejedi · 08-02-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by unboggling

Regarding the comparison of paper hardcover/paperback vs ebook ARC/final, it works as relates to price and timing. But hardcovers are a final product. ARCs aren't.

The timing is different; I think people often miss that when making the comparison. ARC->finished book is "a few months"; hardback->paperback is most often about a year.

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Also, I vaguely remember seeing some ARC and other pre-press (pre-proof?) copies of paper books years ago when I worked in a bookstore.

The origin story is that Baen noticed a secondary market in paper ARCs - advance copies for reviews, etc. - being recirculated and snapped up by impatient fans. So they decided to make them available to a wider audience. I think they left the "and we'd like to actually make money from it" part as an exercise for the reader

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unboggling · 08-02-2011, 10:57 AM

@sourcejedi, origin story, thanks, I didn't know that.

@all. By timing I intended to mean in general that the HC comes first and I have to wait for the MMP. The eARC comes first and I have to wait for the eFinal. The wait may be less time in the case of the eFinal for it to go through editing/proofing. The HC already went through most of that and the timing for paperback release has more to do with paperworld production factors while eworld final production requires less time.

Waiting is all that matters to me because I'm generally impatient and don't like waiting. So for awhile early on many years ago when I could finally afford it, I bought HCs instead of MMPs. Not having to wait was nice. But they used up too much shelf-space so I bit the bullet of waiting and went back to MMPs. If I liked one so much that it started falling apart I replaced it with another copy.

In the case of ARCs, I'd rather wait to read that title in its final form.

khalleron · 08-02-2011, 02:58 PM

I've only bought one e-ARC, the new Vorkosigan book from Lois M. Bujold because I'd been waiting years for it.

It was a pretty clean copy - I've certainly paid for 'finished' books with more errors in them. It was worth $15 not to wait.

08-02-2011, 10:57 AM	#17
unboggling Wizard Posts: 1,065 Karma: 858115 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kobo Clara, Kindle Paperwhite 10	@sourcejedi, origin story, thanks, I didn't know that. @all. By timing I intended to mean in general that the HC comes first and I have to wait for the MMP. The eARC comes first and I have to wait for the eFinal. The wait may be less time in the case of the eFinal for it to go through editing/proofing. The HC already went through most of that and the timing for paperback release has more to do with paperworld production factors while eworld final production requires less time. Waiting is all that matters to me because I'm generally impatient and don't like waiting. So for awhile early on many years ago when I could finally afford it, I bought HCs instead of MMPs. Not having to wait was nice. But they used up too much shelf-space so I bit the bullet of waiting and went back to MMPs. If I liked one so much that it started falling apart I replaced it with another copy. In the case of ARCs, I'd rather wait to read that title in its final form. Last edited by unboggling; 08-02-2011 at 11:06 AM.

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08-02-2011, 02:58 PM	#18
khalleron Kate Posts: 1,683 Karma: 3165009 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oregon, United States Device: Nexus 7 2013, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	I've only bought one e-ARC, the new Vorkosigan book from Lois M. Bujold because I'd been waiting years for it. It was a pretty clean copy - I've certainly paid for 'finished' books with more errors in them. It was worth $15 not to wait.

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