Alytha Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 *out-puppy-eyes Spocky*I promise I'll write a very long, detailed and objective review on Goodreads :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 If you like, I could ask my publisher to send you a retail hardback. Aside from fixing typos and such, I made quite a few signifiant adjustments to the ARC text that make the final text a fair bit stronger. Also, the finished book is stunning (in my no doubt biased opinion).If there's significant differences, sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Scull Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Anyone who runs a SFF blog can feel free to tweet my publisher for a review copy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Scull Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 *out-puppy-eyes Spocky*I promise I'll write a very long, detailed and objective review on Goodreads :)Oh, it doesn't need to be objective. Disgustingly superlative and fawning would suffice, I should think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Scull Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 If there's significant differences, sure.It should be on its way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Ok ;)I thought, just in case you're one of the idealistic ones :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galleymac Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Oh, it doesn't need to be objective. Disgustingly superlative and fawning would suffice, I should think...NOnonononono... you don't want *fawning*. People will skip over it like they do five-star reviews on Amazon. You want balanced reviews. You know -- one that gives lovingly detailed praise of the characterization, compares the battles scenes to the best of the best, MAYBE waxes a little teary-eyed over the glorious pacing, clutches its pearls over the cliffhangers, and then makes some pithy but fair comments about, like, the terrible spacing in the gutter margins on page 317. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTinyKittens Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Hmm... Out of curiosity, how many ARCs and retails copies get sent to reviewers? Are we talking dozens or hundreds or what? Luke - You should do a signing event in Dallas. I'd buy a signed hardback on the condition that you also sign the ARC :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Hmm... Out of curiosity, how many ARCs and retails copies get sent to reviewers? Are we talking dozens or hundreds or what?Depends. On average I now get about 5-10 a month. A couple of years ago I was getting maybe 20, but publishers worked out I was highly unlikely to review anything with a vampire/werewolf/vampiric werewolf/scantily-clad woman standing next to a vampiric werewolf, and as a result my ARC intake dropped by about half :) There's also some publishers that I am on good terms with but not on the ARC list. I have to specifically ask for stuff from them, but very rarely do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Wasn't the question concerning the number of specific book copies being sent to different reviewers by a specific publisher? I'd be interested to know that myself - is it usually a few dozens or a couple of hundreds rather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'd like to get ARCs too, but I can't get my blog to take off...I only attract Russian bots that try to sell me Viagra and fake Gucci handbags :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 True fact: I was working with BioWare and CDP on the Neverwinter Nights and Witcher franchises before Abercrombie was published.Sold...I will also second Wrath's request to come down to a Dallas signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Scull Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Wasn't the question concerning the number of specific book copies being sent to different reviewers by a specific publisher? I'd be interested to know that myself - is it usually a few dozens or a couple of hundreds rather?I think I recall my agent saying the number of proofs ran into the hundreds. I do know that my publisher had a nice big bookcase stuffed full of them when I visited their offices a few months ago. Not all proofs will go to reviewers - I imagine a fair few end up in the hands of booksellers, agents, publishers, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'd like to get ARCs too, but I can't get my blog to take off...I only attract Russian bots that try to sell me Viagra and fake Gucci handbags :(Don't use LJ for a public-oriented blog. It's better for private friends networks. My early attempts to use LJ as a blog host never really worked out. Blogger or WordPress are the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Scull Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 The official SFFWorld review has been posted. The reviewer ultimately liked it and thought it was the best recent epic fantasy debut he'd read, though it appears the sheer grittiness almost bested him in the early stages. Are you grimdark enough to handle it? In other news, you can pick up the hardcover now from both Waterstones and Amazon. They've both jumped the March 1 release date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 For £1.71 the kindle edition off of amazon is worth a gamble. I've been looking for some newcomers that impress and it sounds like this one is promising. I'll make sure to strive through that wobbly first third that reviewers and the author mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 The official SFFWorld review has been posted. The reviewer ultimately liked it and thought it was the best recent epic fantasy debut he'd read, though it appears the sheer grittiness almost bested him in the early stages. Are you grimdark enough to handle it?I'm going to assume he's never read Morgan's fantasy, Mark Lawrence or particularly KJ Parker, coz all due respect, you're a little ray of sunshine... :PI confess, I did raise a brow at the first chapter, but only because of the use of the word 'whore/whores' which made that little section a little more hostile than I thought was necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Somebody hurry up and read this. Give me an objective review. As it stands, the author doth protest too much (we get it, you're super gritty), and it's turning me off the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Scull Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I'm going to assume he's never read Morgan's fantasy, Mark Lawrence or particularly KJ Parker, coz all due respect, you're a little ray of sunshine... :PI've read Lawrence and Morgan and they're both definitely more gritty, at least when it comes to sex and rape. Not too much sex and rape in my book - it gets in the way of good honest violence. KJ Parker is definitely someone I want to read.I confess, I did raise a brow at the first chapter, but only because of the use of the word 'whore/whores' which made that little section a little more hostile than I thought was necessary.In retrospect I'd change quite a few things with the first chapter, whore scene included. Whore scenes in gritty epic fantasy are a bit overdone nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Somebody hurry up and read this. Give me an objective review. As it stands, the author doth protest too much (we get it, you're super gritty), and it's turning me off the book.Why not start the free sample? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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