I picked John Ringo’s and Mike Massa’s The Valley of Shadows (set in Ringo’s Black Tide Rising zombie apocalypse series) not because it’s out. It’s not out. It won’t be out until November. But it is being published by Baen, which means that they will release the E-ARC sometime… soon? Maybe? Maybe putting it out there now will remind somebody else to pull the trigger on the E-ARC, and then I can get it, and then maybe this twitch in my eye will go away.
Come on, Baen. It’s been a while since the last Black Tide Rising book. Have a heart. Release the E-ARC. Let me give you my money.
(reads synopsis) Oh good. It’s not about the girls. I’d really kinda like to resolve the whole “someone purposely set loose a zombie plague” plotline over continuing the girls’ coming of age story.
Yes, Yes, YES! Preach it, brother!
I stopped buying the e-arc’s. It seemed reasonable to me to expect that an e-arc buyer should be entitled to a release copy as well, but that is explicitly not their policy. I wrote them about it and the reply was basically “tough cookies”. Apparently many if not most e-arc buyers go on to purchase the release copy as well. I decided to start practicing more patience rather than paying the premium for the errors, omissions, and my unwillingness to delay gratification.
That’s a totally valid strategy. But I usually don’t buy the physical book when it comes out, and I like reading stuff on my phone or Kindle, so trading the minor glitches for an early copy of the text works out for me personally. 🙂
Oh, I only do e-books unless I know I’m going to share something with the wife like “12 Rules for Life” by Peterson. I always wait for the e-book. Wifey just got me a Kindle Oasis for Father’s day. Battery life on it sucks so far, btw. That “weeks” claim is just BS. Two days with the radios on, maybe a week in airplane mode. I’m hoping there’s a software fix someday. I absolutely love how fast it is though. Page turns are instant as is accessing menus.