You know you've arrived when...

your ARCs appear on e-Bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Last-Dragon-by-J-M-McDermott-ARC-Fantasy_W0QQitemZ160163263024QQcmdZViewItem

I'm not bidding on this. And, I want to encourage all of you not to.

Still, isn't it interesting to see this sort of thing?

A sign of arrival, to be certain.

If they're selling it, they probably didn't even crack open page 1.

ARCs are expensive to produce, and we give them away so people can read them.

I've alerted people to win this auction so we can give that book away again to someone who might actually read it.

So don't you guys go bidding on it.

I'm actually probably going to use it for a contest that won't cost money to play.

But, that's just me thinking aloud.

I think it's bad they didn't post a "Buy it now" button, so I could take care of it in one swoop.

I feel less squicky about things that aren't actually on an auction block.

For instance, if a used bookstore were to sell a copy that fell into their hands for a fixed price, 'twouldn't bother me one bit, and I wouldn't mind who nabbed it.

Oh, for instance...

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Boo....M.+Mcdermott&ph=2&pid=1482653&tn=Last+Dragon

Edit: Also, for any folks with review copies of my book looking to rid yourself of them, I would consider libraries and used bookstores an ideal destination, and personally want to encourage you all to pursue that instead of e-Bay.

Congratulations, Sunkissed27f!

I hope you like it.


Please feel free to post reviews, no matter what you think of the book, anywhere you'd like.

Not to worry, Pike. I'm haunting them for everyone.

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=last+dragon+mcdermott&x=0&y=0

And, I want to encourage you guys to watch for stuff like this and pick it up for yourselves.

And to do what many of these folks didn't do: POST REVIEWS!

That is all for tonight.

All right... I won it (*cough* thanks Dad, for winning that *cough*).

Now I'm holding a very simple contest. Mostly I want to make sure my poor, lost baby winds up in the hands of someone who is likely to enjoy it.

Look for the contest in a different forum.