In your world, people can reach each other in an instant. There's the telephone, and the fax -- and on the computer you can talk to someone all the way around the world. You've got people telling their secrets on TV talk shows, and magazines that publish pictures of movie stars trying to hide in their homes. All those connections, but everyone there seems so lonely.
Plain Truth, Jodi Picoult
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Hi, Jenn! Do ALL books do ARCs/galleys? I mean, are there, somewhere out there, galleys for books by Sarah Dessen or Jodi Picoult or other huge-name authors? Or if there are, do they only go to big reviewers?
OK first, the terminology for newbies who don't know:
ARCS are "advance review copies" -- those are the things that basically look like paperback copies of the book, except they say "NOT FOR SALE" and "NOT FINAL" all over them and have marketing material on the back, etc. These are made from the fully edited and typeset version of the book -- BUT, it's before the proofreading stage, so there may still be mistakes etc. This is why if you are quoting the book in a review or anything like that, you should check it against the final book, because things can change somewhat between ARC and final. ARCS go to reviewers, bigmouths, bookstagrammers, booksellers, librarians, etc, in order to get the word out about the book well before publication.
Galleys are what booksellers and lots of publishing folks call ARCs -- but actually in truth "galleys" are what ARCs *used* to be back in the day. A galley has a plain/placeholder cover, and is much more basic, no design flourishes or anything like that. You couldn't mistake a galley for a paperback of a real book, you know? This link compares the two. So while often book people use these terms interchangeably, they are slightly different, and you're more likely to see ARCs nowadays, if you see physical ARCs at all -- some publishers have moved to a mostly or entirely e-ARC model.
So to answer your question: All books don't get physical ARCs because they are extremely expensive to produce (more expensive than a finished book) and not all publishers even do them anymore -- most books do get at least e-ARCs. But, let's say back in the day when e-ARCs weren't a thing:
Yes, MOST books, even by "big name" authors, got ARCs. There are definitely Sarah Dessen ARCs -- I have read many of them! I'm certain there are Jodi Picoult ARCs. I have ARCs of the first couple Harry Potter books, and I have an ARC of Twilight. I don't think they just went to "big reviewers" -- I think they went as many places as possible because they are an effective marketing tool. Like, I will never forget going to ALA and seeing the absolute MOUNTAIN of Hunger Games ARCs, and being told like "THIS IS THE ONE everyone is dying to read" -- and they were gone, basically, instantaneously. (I got one! I read it in the hotel! It was good!)
That being said: Very very popular and hotly anticipated books/authors may get "numbered ARCs" -- limited edition where the publisher knows where each one was sent, so if a copy ends up on eBay or whatever, they'll know who to blame.
Later books in a series may not have ARCs at all (because the buzz already exists or it doesn't, few people are starting with book 5, you know?)
And, at a certain level of fame / anticipation there are no ARCs -- but that would have to be EXTREMELY high fame/anticipation. (Much higher than any Sarah D or Jodi P book! Sorry, ladies!) -- Again, I'm not talking about "popular", I'm talking about "book is strictly embargoed, bookstores have to sign NDAs and agree to draconian rules before they are allowed to bring boxes of the book in, copies may not be sold before X date or you'll get sued" level of fame, like later Harry Potter / Prince Harry's memoir kinda thing, there are no ARCs, because they don't want ANY possibility of it leaking to the press ahead of publication.
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