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It is a great idea, I arrived home with duplicates also.
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Obviously the idea isn't to grab extras FOR swapping, but it happens. I think we all get that.
I'm also just saying that I will verbally crucify the first person I see making a swapping post with BEA books the first night of BEA. It happened last year and PISSED ME OFF to no end.
If you realize as you're sitting in your hotel room the first night after BEA (Thursday night) and realize you have 2 of the same book, take an extra copy back to BEA and set it out for someone to grab. SHEESH.
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I also, at the end of the day would place unwanted books off to the side over by the suitcases.
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I also, at the end of the day would place unwanted books off to the side over by the suitcases."
It's just proper etiquette. LOL
I think the way I got duplicates is I'd pick one up on the floor and forget I'd gotten it, then get another at an author breakfast or event. I didn't realize I had 2 until i got home.
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I know I got 2 copies of Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. They passed out arcs on day 1 and then she signed copies on day 2. I went to the PO each day after BEA and mailed my stuff home, so copy #1 was enroute when I was getting a signed copy. I gave away the unsigned copy when I got home.
Or I would grab an arc on day 1 and then see it again on day 3 and not remember I grabbed it two days earlier. But that only happened a couple times (thankfully). LOL. I was so excited I forgot.
I have a few copies because I was grabbing for a friend I was there with only to learn they got themselves a copy later :/ haha I'll put them up here eventually. Great idea, Hannah!
I also did the same! I know there were two books that I really wanted that I just didn't get. :( I would love to swap but I would have to look at a list, there were too many books going around at BEA.
Alice,What books did you miss? It might be easier to say what you're looking for than sift through lists.
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if you still have pushing the limits and don't want the second copy I'll pay you for shipping??? please contact me
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Hey Aisha, this happened last year (I was using it as an example). I don't have an extra copy of it anymore. :)
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I also know from personal experience I walked off with more than one copy of a book by mistake (in all the chaos I grabbed the same book 2 days in a row and didn't realize it until they all showed up at my house). I also got a book at BEA and when I came home from NYC, the publisher had sent me that book so I now had 2. I know someone who WENT to BEA probably wanted that book I had an extra of, and truthfully? I think the people who went to BEA kinda deserve it a little more.
So we decided to come up with a swapping area strictly for BEA attendees.
Here you can swap books you got at BEA with each other. Or, if you can't agree on something to swap (or are just so inclined), you can offer a book you got for free or ask someone just pay the postage it would cost for you to mail them the book.
If you have a book (or more) you wouldn't mind swapping or mailing to someone, start your own thread here.
Please keep in mind this is NOT a place to showcase the books you got at BEA. Don't post 10 books you can swap but have to read first. Only post books you are ready and willing to swap.