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Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "If a book is labelled read now but says US only can I still download it?? Or shouldn't I?"You could, but you'd be knowingly breaking their publishing territory rights, which you ca..."
Okay thanks Sarah!! I really want to be but there is no way I would do that on purpose now that I know its against the law. Thanks for letting me know!!!
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Sarah wrote: "I can tell you that I was not impressed when a woman from one of the publishers told me off for downloading a book that they had approved me for (pre-introduction of the flags). I mean they should ..."Well, that isn't fair at all! They shouldn't blame YOU if they didn't tell that to you and it didn't have the flags. I mean that's simply ridiculous! Did you get in much trouble?? :(
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I agree with Rachel, it isn't fair. Why did they blame you while they were the one who approved your request?
Sarah wrote: "Only with the publicist. She made it clear that I'd be in real trouble if it happened again though."Wow that's so bad. Not good at all. I'll steer away from that then. :)
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I think they like to shift the blame.
Sarah wrote: "Rachmi wrote: "I agree with Rachel, it isn't fair. Why did they blame you while they were the one who approved your request?"I think they like to shift the blame."
Yeah I'm sure they do. I just couldn't understand why they did it, though.
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I'd told myself not to, but I went on a requesting spree on Edelweiss. Guess there are a lot of 'no's headed my way
Tatiana wrote: "I'd told myself not to, but I went on a requesting spree on Edelweiss. Guess there are a lot of 'no's headed my way"I requested a few from Harpercollins, but they never approve me so i can see a few no's coming my way too, haha.
Tatiana wrote: "I'd told myself not to, but I went on a requesting spree on Edelweiss. Guess there are a lot of 'no's headed my way"Lol I did that yesterday.
Has anyone else got an e-mail saying that ARC of
will be given away on a lottery basis?
What!!!! No!!!! I never got an email? How...what...I want
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will be given away on a lottery basis?"Definitely won't be fighting you for that one Tatiana!
That's one lottery i don't want to win! Haha.
I am really not sure how to navigate Edelweiss and request for review copies. It's more complicated than NetGalley -_-
Margarita wrote: "I am really not sure how to navigate Edelweiss and request for review copies. It's more complicated than NetGalley -_-"Yeah, I don't know if I am going to sign up for it. I couldn't work it out and wasn't really sure that I wanted to put my address in my profile either.
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@Sarah - I have an account already but I cannot find the "request RC button" that you're talking about even though I already go to the review copies tab. -_-
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The blue buttons you can see on the right hand side of the screen shot are the request buttons.
It says 'added yesterday' in a box, and a blue 'request digital RC' underneath
Okay. Just got an account and there are some good ones. How do you see the publishers' preferences?? :)
Nooo. I can't see the blue part. Why is that? O.o
Lol I see it now. Thank you Sarah. I think I have to confirm the account in my email first lol I'm pathetic haha
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You don't basically. There aren't any details on the publishers, or what they want. Abbie noticed that if you click on 'sales rights' for a book, it tells you where the book will be published by that publisher, which should give you an idea of if they will approve someone in your country or not. Penguin USA have never approved me though, not even once, even on titles which say UK, so if it says Australia its still no guarantee.
Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Okay. Just got an account and there are some good ones. How do you see the publishers' preferences?? :)"You don't basically. There aren't any details on the publishers, or what the..."
Oh that's annoying!! But does it have a ratio-type thing that the publishers use or what? How do they know to approve it or not!? :/
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Sarah wrote: "I'm not sure. I do know that I get fewer approvals the more reviews I have outstanding though, so they probably have a ratio the same, you just can't see it. It's only in the last six months that n..."Oh okay. This is so much more complicated than Netgalley!! :)
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Do you guys enter the Member and Review copy giveaways on LibraryThing.com? I find that since it is not such a popular site I have pretty good luck.
Amanda wrote: "Do you guys enter the Member and Review copy giveaways on LibraryThing.com? I find that since it is not such a popular site I have pretty good luck."I can't find them on the website. Where do you find the review copy giveaways?
Amanda wrote: "Do you guys enter the Member and Review copy giveaways on LibraryThing.com? I find that since it is not such a popular site I have pretty good luck."I never heard of it before but I'll check it out :)
Sarah wrote: "It's not quite so user friendly because it's geared towards publishers rather than reviewers. The review copy section is only a small part of what edelweiss is there for, where as that's all netgal..."Hmm I guess that makes sense then. But I am guessing it is going to take me awhile to navigate it!!
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One of the thing I like about edelweiss is that you can specify why you're requesting the book and show how interested by it you are.
Sarah wrote: "As long as you know how to request a review copy, download a review copy, and submit a review, there isn't really much you need to learn."Exactly. :)
@Jacqueline go to the tab titled More and then free books.
They stop taking requests for all of the early review copies at the end of the month.
@Amanda - how will I know if I got approved at LibraryThing? :)
They'll send you an email. I've gotten a few really good books from there. I post my reviews on there as well, plus I added it as a site that I review on for my netgalley account so I get approved more often.
When you got approved, how can you download the review copy on LibraryThing?
I got sent all three versions of the book, pdf, .mobi(kindle), and epub. You know how to get one of those versions onto your e-reader? Basically you plug it into your computer download the file and just move it to the e-reader.
Oh dear... Just went crazy on NetGalley
Tatiana wrote: "Oh dear... Just went crazy on NetGalley"What did you request?
Bwahaha. Me too. Seriously. I requested every teen and YA book haha. They can decline all they want but still there's plenty being approved :D
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You could, but you'd be knowingly breaking their publishing territory rights, which you can get in trouble for. (Its against the law)
I've been told off by a publisher before for downloading a book that they had approved me for, because it wasn't available to people in the UK. By putting US only now, they're shifting the blame from themselves to the reader if the law is broken. Even if it's a read now, or if they have approved you for it.
It's up to you, but personally, if it's got a US only flag, I wouldn't touch it.