I was under the impression that no one got an ARC for HP7. The articles I read about the lengths Scholastic went to to preserve the security kind of implied it, at least.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
juliana - Jul 19, 2007 11:02:05 am PDT #8884 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Zenkitty - Jul 19, 2007 11:02:21 am PDT #8885 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Punctuation question: Is the name of a band in italics, inside of quotes or just naked?
Naked and capitalized.
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2007 11:02:36 am PDT #8886 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I don't think they had ARCs for Harry Potter, at least not since #3. I remember from HBP that the Times, Salon, and every other media source had to wait until they got the book at midnight of the release date to read and review it.
bon bon - Jul 19, 2007 11:02:59 am PDT #8887 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Some folks on LJ are reading this to mean that the NYT reviewer went out and purchased a copy of the book, illegally to do the review.
I think it was just a poorly edited statement of fact, because, seriously, the NY fucking T didn't get an ARC for Harry fucking Potter? Seriously?
No, it's apparently true. ETA: xposted.
Also according to Gawker you can pick them up at Duane Reade. Duane Reade: always the weak link.
IOQ, I forget something: when you have a letter with a legend above the address like "via e-mail", "via fedex", "via facsimile"-- what do you say for regular post? "via mail" sounds wrong.
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 11:03:13 am PDT #8888 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Here's an email somone apparently got, stating that yes, someone from the Times walked into a bookstore and bought the book. [link]
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 11:04:08 am PDT #8889 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"via postal mail," bon?
bon bon - Jul 19, 2007 11:07:39 am PDT #8890 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Hmm. My handy dandy internal letter generator doesn't have a legend either. Maybe it's just for non-mailed letters.
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 11:08:13 am PDT #8891 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, books are often available before the release date, and it's not usually a big deal -- witness my parents' local non-B&N book store already having sold their copies of Vampire People.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 19, 2007 11:09:38 am PDT #8892 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Is it actually illegal to buy a book ahead of the release date? I mean, I would think that most people do not know when most books are released!
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2007 11:11:56 am PDT #8893 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The bigger-name-authored books have "street dates," which are contracted with bookstores to adhere to, and lawsuits can and have resulted from breaking the street date. When I was working at Waldenbooks, a store in the district was caught selling a Danielle Steele title a few days before the street date, and the entire management staff was fired by the home office. If her publisher wanted to, they could have sued Waldenbooks for the breach of contract.