Thread: Hugh Howey presents: Amazon author earnings
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Old 02-13-2014, 11:01 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Is it Goodreads that lets you rate a book before it's even released? I know that one of the main "reading" sites does. That, to me, seems to completely devalue any claim to objectivity that ratings might have.
Baen *sells* eARCs.

http://www.baenebooks.com/c-2-advanc...er-copies.aspx

And plenty of established authors seed the market with ARCs. It's actually one of the few marketting tools BPHs use for midlisters.
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