Bleeding Edge ARC on Ebay

[Markekohut]

M & D had some ARC/ galleys printed for select reviewers and a few to give away to key readers. 
I do not know how long before pub date ( but some on this list should)

AtD Galleys for reviewers and a very few others--I think Tim Ware got one as he had set up the wiki for this one---were only available like 47 days or so before pub....( I am just alluding to a number, but someone online or in a print publication did mention the number of days he had to read it......and you are right, time was short. 

As we talk and reflect, I vote that someone inside Penguin ( or the printer they use) printed out 
The pages in the BLEEDING EDGE file as they are now---see Bailey's word from a publisher
Implying the book has not yet been fully proof-read...and slapped a phone shot of,the cover for it...

GR circulated to paperback houses to read ( read into) to bid on before publication as a manuscript....I know a guy who has one.....the title on it is MINDLESS PLEASURES and it has
The Joni Mitchell lines.....



Sent from my iPad

On Jun 5, 2013, at 10:57 PM, Ben Canard <bencanard2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the ARC info, Mark. Rumors about previous P ARCs that I've heard say things like reviewers only got them in the weeks before publication. V. is the only one that I heard about that came out so early, December of '62, three months before publication. Never heard about CL49 ARC, but apparently, an early copy in a ringed-binder. No Arc for GR, SL, and VL. I guess I never heard anything about the date of the M&D and ATD ARCs. In any case, your explanation makes sense.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> galleys are usually single plain colors, like yellow. some publishers have a simple 2-color pattern.
>> 
>> ARCs usually have some kind of real cover design, often/usually an image of the hardcover cover, but not always. This looks like a b & w shot of the cover.
>> 
>> Long lead time magazines and periodicals need 3-4 months to get books reviewed.
>> 
>> last Thursday thru Saturday was the annual booksellers' convention in NY (for these United States). Many heavily-printed Fall books were given away as ARCS by the hundreds/thousands...
>> BLEEDING EDGE was not one.
>> 
>> I suspect that this ARC is either one made, let's say in a non-kosher way and smuggled to someone who begged for it.....
>> 
>> Or one of a batch printed and sent/given to magazine and periodical editors for review.
>> 
>> Inherent Vice was first published in hardcover in the United States
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jun 5, 2013, at 10:12 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > You're probably right. Looks like a super cheap print job so more
>> > likely a galley if it is real.
>> >
>> > On a separate note - I see Bleeding Edge is being released as a
>> > hardcover, whereas to my knowledge IV was only ever paperback. Is that
>> > right? If so, kind of admitting that IV was a bit more... disposable?
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Ben Canard <bencanard2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Paypal gives you some protection. How much, I don't know. I haven't used it.
>> >> I wonder if it's a galley rather than an ARC. Why would an ARC be around so
>> >> early?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:33 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I was thinking that someone got royally ripped off there... but that
>> >>> does look a fair bit like the IV ARC.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 6:35 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> that was quick
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Ben Canard <bencanard2000 at gmail.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/221236614597?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
>> >>
>> >>
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