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An advance reading copy, advance review copy, advance reader's edition, advance copy, or a reader's edition (ARC or ARE) is a free copy of a new book given by a publisher to booksellers, librarians, journalists, celebrities, or others, or as a contest or school prize, [1] before the book is printed for mass distribution.
“Reading before bed, sometimes you just fall right asleep,” he says. “That’s so common … but if you find that happening, then don’t read at home. Go to a coffee shop, get a coffee ...
Many book collectors place maximum value on the earliest bound copies of a book—promotional advance copies, bound galleys, uncorrected proofs, and advance reading copies sent by publishers to book reviewers and booksellers. It is true that these are rarer than the production copies; but given that these were not printed from a different ...
In some cases, advanced copies of the hardcover edition were printed in paperback form. In a few cases, new editions of older works ( Up from Slavery , published originally in 1901 (Autumn 1960), A Roving Commission: My Early Life , published originally in 1930 (Autumn 1951) or Goodbye Mr. Chips , published originally in 1934 (Summer 1961 ...
Plenty of titles published within the last 40 years or so are surprisingly valuable, says Joshua R. Mann, co-owner of B&B Rare Books in New York City. ... small—only about 500 copies—and had ...
On Friday morning, the world learned of the passing of Harper Lee, the beloved author of one of the most influential books in American history, To Kill a Mockingbird. One of two books that Lee had ...
Reading was an important activity in the lives of monks, which can be divided into prayer, intellectual work, and manual labor (in the Benedictine order, for example). It was therefore necessary to make copies of certain works. Accordingly, many monasteries had a scriptorium, where monks copied and decorated manuscripts that had been preserved.
Here, Adler sets forth his method for reading a non-fiction book in order to gain understanding. He claims that three distinct approaches, or readings, must all be made in order to get the most possible out of a book, but that performing these three levels of readings does not necessarily mean reading the book three times, as the experienced reader will be able to do all three in the course of ...