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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.
In the strictest sense, Webscriptions really referred to a subscription service through which customers got four–six Baen books per month as e-ARC (digital Advanced Readers Copy) releases. [1] Each month, four to six as-yet unpublished works are made available for purchase as a group. The books are released incrementally.
Since then, they have advertised using book trailers, contracts with existing BookTubers, and their own BookTube web series, such as PaperCuts or Book Studio 16. [8] Still, publishers often utilize independent Booktubers to advertise their books through word of mouth, usually by providing ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies). [9]
The EPUB format is the most widely supported e-book format, supported by most e-book readers except Amazon Kindle [a] devices. Most e-book readers also support the PDF and plain text formats. E-book software can be used to convert e-books from one format to another, as well as to create, edit and publish e-books.
Goodreads users can read or listen to a preview of a book on the website using Kindle Cloud Reader and Audible. [40] Goodreads also offers quizzes and trivia, quotations, book lists, and free giveaways. Members can receive the regular newsletter featuring new books, suggestions, author interviews, and poetry.
The company name "Abebooks" is derived from their original name, "Advanced Book Exchange". [3] From the late 1990s to 2005, AbeBooks had reseller agreements with eBay , Half.com , Barnes & Noble.com , BibliOZ.com and Amazon.com , allowing AbeBooks to market and sell booksellers' books through those channels; these agreements were dissolved in 2005.
EPUB is widely used on software readers such as Google Play Books on Android and Apple Books on iOS and macOS and Amazon Kindle's e-readers, but not by associated apps for other platforms. iBooks also supports the proprietary iBook format, which is based on the EPUB format but depends upon code from the iBooks app to function. [42]
Calibre (pronounced cal-i-ber) is a cross-platform free and open-source suite of e-book software. Calibre supports organizing existing e-books into virtual libraries, displaying, editing, creating and converting e-books, as well as syncing e-books with a variety of e-readers.