tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post2839487054696401766..comments2019-07-16T09:47:38.945+01:00Comments on Amber Kirk-Ford: DISCUSSION: Are ARCs Really That Important?Amber Kirk-Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14854551248657823351noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-68298633932708167722016-09-16T18:15:19.874+01:002016-09-16T18:15:19.874+01:00I&#39;m almost a year old, and still nothing. Alth...I&#39;m almost a year old, and still nothing. Although its probably because I still haven&#39;t mastered the technic of blog writingNat Jakobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795248911600495198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-13112181369789114392016-09-16T17:04:54.562+01:002016-09-16T17:04:54.562+01:00A few months, if I remember rightly :)A few months, if I remember rightly :)Amber @ The Mile Long Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854551248657823351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-8127796688833008132016-09-16T16:38:39.980+01:002016-09-16T16:38:39.980+01:00Ho old was this blog when you started to recieve A...Ho old was this blog when you started to recieve ARCs?Nat Jakobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795248911600495198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-48552285516459285292016-09-11T19:07:47.598+01:002016-09-11T19:07:47.598+01:00I really agree with your thoughts, Amber! ARCs mat...I really agree with your thoughts, Amber! ARCs matter to me, and they&#39;re like special editions I collect because they&#39;re not for sale. But yes, they&#39;re not everything. :)<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your insights. :)Mileventwelvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986613340232088298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-55506644667731322252016-09-11T10:59:32.207+01:002016-09-11T10:59:32.207+01:00I completely agree. I feel so lucky because althou...I completely agree. I feel so lucky because although I started my blog in October last year, I only started properly book blogging in about March and I started receiving ARCs pretty quickly. I couldn&#39;t believe it! I still get so excited when I get a new book through the door simply because I&#39;m in the same position as you mentioned - I can&#39;t afford to buy many books. The books I do buy are from charity shops, sales or when they&#39;re cheap for the Kindle, so to get actual physical books to read and review makes me feel so special. But I&#39;d probably still be blogging without them so I agree, they aren&#39;t 100% necessary to the success of a great book blog! Charlottehttp://wonderfullybookish.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-56606645565407046422016-09-11T00:11:19.432+01:002016-09-11T00:11:19.432+01:00I have to say I&#39;ve never really requested phys...I have to say I&#39;ve never really requested physical ARCs and the only ARCS I really read are Netgalley, but I can see why people get excited about them. I&#39;ve managed to do reasonably well with my blog without them, but I totally understand why people get excited for them.<br />IloveHeartlandXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040647634981408350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-42188610338562008772016-09-05T18:07:43.237+01:002016-09-05T18:07:43.237+01:00This was a really well-written post...I feel simil...This was a really well-written post...I feel similarly. ARCs can be awesome because you&#39;re helping an author get potential readers through your early reviews, but of course we can&#39;t forget the importance of reading already-published books as well. I remember getting my first ARC, I was so excited! I&#39;ve gotten a bit frustrated over time, though, since I haven&#39;t been getting many more but I&#39;ve come to realize that they&#39;re *not* everything! They&#39;re just a bonus. <br /><br />Wren @ http://fortheloveofbooksreviews.blogspot.ca/Wren Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298857112810759041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-8463019450977825672016-09-05T12:06:46.524+01:002016-09-05T12:06:46.524+01:00I love this post! I live in the Middle East and it...I love this post! I live in the Middle East and it&#39;s extremely difficult to get English (YA) books. My local bookshop doesn&#39;t have a very wide selection and there&#39;s like, one national library in the country. In addition to that, the books are really expensive and my parents couldn&#39;t support that at times. So, when I started receiving ARCs and review copies of books in the mail, it was like a dream come true. I can get books BEFORE they&#39;re released and I was just so ecstatic. My parents were so proud of me and they started telling their colleagues at work about my book blogging hobby and how I receive books to review. So, when all these bloggers say &quot;ARCs don&#39;t matter&quot;, I just feel really bad because for some people who aren&#39;t privileged enough to be able to get many books... they do matter. :/ Again, great post!! =)Fatima Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267159420612285174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-39404689425765209842016-09-05T08:50:25.087+01:002016-09-05T08:50:25.087+01:00This is such an excellent post, Amber! I love arcs...This is such an excellent post, Amber! I love arcs, I feel so privileged that I&#39;m one of the people who gets to read a book before it&#39;s out in shops and it makes my day when they arrive in the post. However, I also agree with you that they aren&#39;t an essential element to a blog and they don&#39;t determine your worth as a blogger and I think many new bloggers might view arcs as a measure of success - I know I used to, back in the day! Excellent post!Bookaholic 007https://www.blogger.com/profile/08208972644763001755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-21199736114769776612016-09-05T02:20:28.805+01:002016-09-05T02:20:28.805+01:00I couldn&#39;t agree more. :)I couldn&#39;t agree more. :)La La in the Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253014225202985934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-53462995544178430262016-09-04T17:55:09.265+01:002016-09-04T17:55:09.265+01:00This actual is intresting, love receiving arcs but...This actual is intresting, love receiving arcs but since don&#39;t blog often , I don&#39;t request arcs that often. defintily all true. Jaden (Potterhead Daydreams)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15050314810218869611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-67762411012539023992016-09-04T07:54:16.673+01:002016-09-04T07:54:16.673+01:00I love this post and how it explores different sid...I love this post and how it explores different sides of ARC culture. I totally agree: they&#39;re not the end all be all but they are cool!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905765158219079254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998975714953719465.post-35458957983264879742016-09-04T04:30:59.037+01:002016-09-04T04:30:59.037+01:00Arcs are exciting to get! I do agree that they can...Arcs are exciting to get! I do agree that they can definitely help get buzz around the book before it&#39;s out, so I don&#39;t see how that couldn&#39;t matter. Buzz before a book is out might make a difference in pre-order sales or first week sales which really help a book&#39;s and author&#39;s stats and ratings. If a book reviewer doesn&#39;t get ARCs, it doesn&#39;t mean they aren&#39;t a successful reviewer at all. But ARCs still do matter. Natalie Cuddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363786113310195117noreply@blogger.com
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