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Originally Posted by fjtorres
E-ARCs are a form of "hardcover" premium release.
The sort of thing *all* publishers should be looking at in an e-first business model. As soon as the final proof is sent off to the printers, the E-ARC goes out to those willing to pay 2.5X more for early access. Not likely to be a huge number but it is essentially "found money" and it offends nobody. And it helps build word-of-mouth visibility.
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You say "it offends nobody" and yet I've read many complaints about high-priced eBooks released at the same time as hardbacks.