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Advance Reader Copies (ARCs)
human wrote: "sjdkhfjdfksjdhfkjhsdkfj WHY IS NETGALLEY HELP SO USELESS"they've been pretty helpful for me, but i don;t know....did you try sending a help request?
human wrote: "Maple wrote: "as far as I know, they are free! Some ARCs are physical, but the ones from netgalley are digital."and edelweiss, but we don't talk about that one lmao"
this should probably not be the right time to say that i was approved for the fastest way to fall, one of my much awaited books releasing this year, from edelweiss of all people
Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Maple wrote: "as far as I know, they are free! Some ARCs are physical, but the ones from netgalley are digital."and edelweiss, but we don't talk about that one lmao"
this should pr..."
*dramatic gasp*
maybe i should request on there lmao
Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "sjdkhfjdfksjdhfkjhsdkfj WHY IS NETGALLEY HELP SO USELESS"they've been pretty helpful for me, but i don;t know....did you try sending a help request?"
haha i did, i only got the automated message that they received my request lol, but hopefully they'll do something about it
human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Maple wrote: "as far as I know, they are free! Some ARCs are physical, but the ones from netgalley are digital."and edelweiss, but we don't talk about that one lmao"
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i should also warn you that of the 23 books I've requested up till now, i've been approved for 2, denied for 9, and 13 are still pending...
human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "sjdkhfjdfksjdhfkjhsdkfj WHY IS NETGALLEY HELP SO USELESS"they've been pretty helpful for me, but i don;t know....did you try sending a help request?"
haha i did, i o..."
fair warning, it usually takes them up to a day :/ are you sure you don't have an ade copy somewhere? these days i download both shelf and ade copies for insurance....and if you have a protected epub (got by a .acsm file contacting ade for permission) you can open it on any device on which you've authorised your adobe account
unfortunately, yes :(weird, i have ade authorized on multiple devices but they never carry over. i might have to look into that, smh
human wrote: "unfortunately, yes :(weird, i have ade authorized on multiple devices but they never carry over. i might have to look into that, smh"
no no, they don't carry over, like, look at it this way, say you downloaded a .acsm book on your laptop, opened it using ade. now, what happens is that when you go to the documents section of your hard drive in whichever os you're using, there will be a folder named my digital editions. in that folder, there will be all the books you've downloaded, but in .epub or .pdf format; menaing they're now in readable form (you can't read .acsm). they're protected, but still readable.
so, now if you transfer these protected .epub/.pdf files to some other device also authorised by your adobe account then you can read them. they'll still expire the same date as they were said to fromt he date they were downloade, but you can have it on a different device
human wrote: "ohhhh. that makes sense lol. sorry!"hey, no need to be sorry! i only found out when stuff stopped being opened on any of the ade downloaded on my laptop (both windows and linux), so i downloaded ade on my phone and did this to tranfer the books, and it worked!
Trisha wrote: "Maple wrote: "If I have approved kindle@netgalley.com to send books, and told netgalley what account to send books to, will the book just show up on the homepage of the kindle app, or is there some..."If you use send to kindle, the book is sent to your kindle device in mobi format.
LyraFirefly wrote: "lezzie ~ spread the red! wrote: "Noooooo they only send copies out to people in Ireland and the UK *sadness*"
you might be looking at the uk website then-
there's a different website for the US a..."
okk
U GUYSI FIGURED OUT HOW TO SEND THE ARC'S TO KINDLE
*HYPERVENTILATING*
*SCREAMING*
KRNGKWJSNBJSBL YAYYYYYYYYI'M SO GLAD YOU FIGURED IT OUT
yayyI'm starting by reading Iron Widow
so i just requested my first arc and i just discovered this chat so I think is destiny or something
hello hello, welcome to a wonderful world
so a few questionslike i've already read the "starter guide to arcs" but I still could use some help, on what do publishers focus more, how many books you've reviewed or what?
not really. i mean, yes, your review ratio matter a lot, but it's less about how many books you've been approved for than about how many reviews you've written. have a bio that's pretty short, direct, and professional, and don't be afraid to request books :)(i'm assuming you're using netgalley haha)
helloooo welcome to a (sometimes) stressful but fun as hell world of arcs <33
Maple wrote: "yayyI'm starting by reading Iron Widow"
THATS AN AMAZING FIRST ARC AHHH
hey would someone mind helping me get a physical book arc?
I got my first ARC a few days back! I don't know if it would be considered that but an author mailed me a pdf for an honest review on goodreads!
lezzie ~ spread the red! wrote: "hey would someone mind helping me get a physical book arc?"hmm I've never had a physical ARC before, but I'm fairly certain you can contact the publishers of a book through email and request a physical ARC. and if you decide to do that, then you should ask Katie
about it since I'm pretty sure she's had physical ARCs before.
Gourica (semi-haitus because well exams.) wrote: "I got my first ARC a few days back! I don't know if it would be considered that but an author mailed me a pdf for an honest review on goodreads!"
woah that's awesome! if the author emailed you a pdf of their book, then they probably made it clear that it's an ARC. hope you enjoy your first ARC!
human wrote: "not really. i mean, yes, your review ratio matter a lot, but it's less about how many books you've been approved for than about how many reviews you've written. have a bio that's pretty short, dire..."yeah I am thanxxxx
eli wrote: "Gourica (semi-haitus because well exams.) wrote: "I got my first ARC a few days back! I don't know if it would be considered that but an author mailed me a pdf for an honest review on goodreads!"
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Ahh thank you! Its good!
eli wrote: "Gourica (semi-haitus because well exams.) wrote: "I got my first ARC a few days back! I don't know if it would be considered that but an author mailed me a pdf for an honest review on goodreads!"
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Ahh thank you! Its good!
WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it working and then it just started downloading the books normally??? like what??? excuse me did you just throw a tantrum???
human wrote: "WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it working and then it just started downloading the books normally??? like what??? excuse me did you just thr..."
haha, all of us should team up to murder ade
what device was it? usually, for me, at least, it's significantly easier on a phone or on a windows os, but linux gives me a headache, especially because i can't get the latest version, and am making do with 2.0
I kinda defied the whole rule of requesting arcs and requested too many thinking I will get declined. I have 8 more books to read and I have 15 more pending. (If any of you know math, you would know 15 and 8 doesnt add up to 20) If you are wondering... I rrequested three more👀
Aashi wrote: "I kinda defied the whole rule of requesting arcs and requested too many thinking I will get declined. I have 8 more books to read and I have 15 more pending. (If any of you know math, you would kno..."right there with you aashi, and my problem is that i am more or less in the worst of the reading slump that has been haunting me since mid november last year
Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it working and then it just started downloading the books normally??? like what??? excuse me di..."
shdfskdfhksdfjhks chromebook >:(((
Aashi wrote: "I kinda defied the whole rule of requesting arcs and requested too many thinking I will get declined. I have 8 more books to read and I have 15 more pending. (If any of you know math, you would kno..."*laughs in unholy number of unread and even more unreviewed arc's*
human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it working and then it just started downloading the books normally??? like what?..."
i have never used a chromebook, so do you like download ade fromt he app store or fromt he website like you would do for a computer?
human wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I kinda defied the whole rule of requesting arcs and requested too many thinking I will get declined. I have 8 more books to read and I have 15 more pending. (If any of you know math,..."*laughter turns to crying* *honestly, when doesn't laughter turn to crying these days* *life is expressed so well with the laughter turning to crying*
Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it working and then it just started downloading the books normally..."
the google play store lets me download things, so i downloaded ade from there. weirdly enough, you can't download the netgalley shelf app smh
Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I kinda defied the whole rule of requesting arcs and requested too many thinking I will get declined. I have 8 more books to read and I have 15 more pending. (If any of ..."accurate
human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it working and then it just started downloading the..."
that is so weird. like why not the netgalley shelf app, but the ade app!?!?!
Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it working and then it just started d..."
right?? netgalley shelf might be crap but at least it isn't completely shitty :'D
human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it working and then it..."
i snorted out so loud.....'crap but not shitty' XD
Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "Trisha wrote: "human wrote: "WTF WHY IS ADE SO TERRIBLE I HATE IT HERE 3literally it took me thirty minutes to get it worki..."
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YALL WTF I GOT APPROVED FOR
So awesome!! NetGallery has been so nice to me lately, it approved me for Our Violent Ends and I am SHOOK
Shay ☆ wrote: "YALL WTF I GOT APPROVED FOR "i got denied for it yesterday, but then i wasn't excited for it, so i'm not that sad....congrats though!!
Avery (BabeOfBooks) wrote: "So awesome!! NetGallery has been so nice to me lately, it approved me for Our Violent Ends and I am SHOOK"congrats!!!
i think tor/forge hates me, they denied me for two books in the last two days
Trisha wrote: "Shay ☆ wrote: "YALL WTF I GOT APPROVED FOR "i got denied for it yesterday, but then i wasn't excited for it, so i'm not that sad....congrats though!!"
you know what i actually found this book twice on netgalley and i requested it twice, accidentally, one from Pan Macmillan and one from Tor/Forge. Macmillan denied my request but Tor Forge approved??? for the exact same book its weird
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i've never used the send to kindle, so i don't know, but it should send you an email (according to what i've read) approving to send to your device. also, i don't think you can send a file to the kindle app, it will only open on the device.