How to go about ARCs

[Bill]

My new short story is completely written...as a Word document, and the cover is finished. I'm having some images inserted which will probably take a few weeks. How do I go about gathering reviews/ratings in the meantime?

[Riley, Viking Extraordinaire]

Take and convert it to all the different file types, and start hitting up the book reviewers. I have almost half a year until Everyone Dies At The End releases, so I'm taking the time to hit everyone I can. Interviews, guest blogs, and talking directly to those in the book blogging community (Such as Bookwormie Joss and Cywyss of our own boards!) Just don't do copy/paste e-mails when you attempt to contact them. From my own personal experience, you get much better results when you treat them like they're special.

[Christina]

Couple of ways. You will want to set up a Goodreads page with the basic info, Cover, etc. If you don't have a publish daye yet, I think you can set it up with just the month and year you think it will be ready. That way people have a place

As for the ARCs, you can make a pdf (easy as selecting a different file type in word) or use a program like Calibur to create a mobi and epub. I wouldn't recommend a word doc unless you really trust your reviewers.

Hope that helped. :)

[Bill]

Goodreads page? What is that? I don't even think I did that for my previous story.

[Riley, Viking Extraordinaire]

Yeah, the page for your book. The one with your cover, and where to buy it at.

[Bill]

What would I use for the ASIN, since it's not on Amazon yet?

[Bill]

So I would just have Goodreads reviews, correct? And then I would have to ask that everyone also post on Amazon once I publish it?

[Riley, Viking Extraordinaire]

I honestly don't know...I cheated and asked a librarian to set it up.

[Riley, Viking Extraordinaire]

Bill wrote: "So I would just have Goodreads reviews, correct? And then I would have to ask that everyone also post on Amazon once I publish it?"

Yep, but that's for anyone. AMazon doesn't allow reviews to be put up except for in the editorial section, until the book is released.