[ SECRET POST #3864 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3864 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

As an author? I'm never giving ARCs (even digital ones) to people who don't leave reviews, because those are people who don't have to pay and who could spoil our book to others. It's trust. And let me tell you, we keep track of who does and doesn't review among our ARC readers, and people who don't on one are much less likely to get another in the future.

If you want early copies, learn to leave reviews - and frankly, authors in general would appreciate that all the time anyway! Because a lot of things with Amazon in particular depend on how many reviews you have. You don't have to leave much - just give it a star ranking and "I liked it" or "I had issues with ____" - but leave something.

As for avoiding spoilers, I was an avid Harry Potter reader and an avid LiveJournal user (I know, dating myself). I still managed to stay off LJ for two days (one while the book was coming out elsewhere, one while I read) so I wouldn't get spoiled. Either kindly ask your friends on Facebook who spoil to avoid doing so for at least a few days, unfollow those people, or avoid Facebook for 24 hours. It's not that long.

So no, taking pity on your slowness wouldn't work. Writing is a business and reviews are currency, so either wait until you can pony up the cash or learn to pay with the other.