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Originally Posted by HarryT
Thanks. That's certainly not normally the case with eARCS.
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No, it's not, but I wonder if it will become more common with the way things are published these days. Ha!
I'd like to give another Nod to Baen's forum and publishing. I learned a lot from Baen's Bar. Its participants when I was on there were very generous with their time (and their criticism). It's learning by fire, but it's definitely learning. Because of it, I think there are writers from there who can put forth fairly "solid" drafts for the editor. They may or may not employ beta readers before that draft or use other mechanisms to get the draft closer to publication-ready. The thing is, once you've been on a place like Baen's Bar for any length of time, you learn some valuable lessons about writing tools (and I mean techniques not software type tools.) It doesn't produce instant stars, but it does allow a writer to polish a process and learn the value of beta readers, another set of eyes and to some degree it teaches how to string together a good story. It is especially useful for short story writers and those in the fantasy and sci/fi areas.