advanced reading copies
to think i have lived 43 years and not known about being an advanced copy reader!? granted, i have been a staunch supporter of local libraries throughout that time. and find it extremely important for some unknown reason to let people know that i've never had an overdue book or fine. (not that it needs to go on my tombstone or anything, but still i'm not sure why this is so important to me, other than that i am a rule-follower and CDO, which is OCD but in alphabetical order).
i have a huge pile from the library right now and after those are renewed and tidily turned in, i shall read on to the awesome pile given to me by an advanced copy reader i know. these, as i understand them, are book copies that are not yet for sale and are, as yet, unedited. they are not able to be resold, but i can read them at leisure and then *give them away at will.
*this also goes against my nature because when someone loans a book to me, i am very CDO (see aforementioned) about returning it to them in the same condition it was borrowed. so to be told i can just give the books away, well, it is fun but takes some getting used to.
now i just need to figure out how to get paid to read...
i have a huge pile from the library right now and after those are renewed and tidily turned in, i shall read on to the awesome pile given to me by an advanced copy reader i know. these, as i understand them, are book copies that are not yet for sale and are, as yet, unedited. they are not able to be resold, but i can read them at leisure and then *give them away at will.
*this also goes against my nature because when someone loans a book to me, i am very CDO (see aforementioned) about returning it to them in the same condition it was borrowed. so to be told i can just give the books away, well, it is fun but takes some getting used to.
now i just need to figure out how to get paid to read...
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