I was wondering if any of you who use ARC sites have ever asked why?
I was recently declined by Penguin for a book and decided to email them back about it. Because of an error thing I couldn’t email them. So I requested again (because it’s Edelweiss and you can do that) and ask why. Waiting to hear back from them. Wondering if they will answer and if I will have soured the relationship.
I did go through my declined and approved list and Penguin doesn’t seem to like me anyway but it’s a book I really want!
What do you think? Should I have left it alone? Should I keep asking? Should I ask what to do to improve my chances? Comment below.
I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone else asking why they were declined, but I know people definitely do repeat requests on Edelweiss and sometimes get the book on their second, third, or even fourth try. On Netgalley it’s easy to see each publisher’s criteria for approval (if they’ve listed any) so I have a much higher approval ratio there and a much better chance to begin with, but since I don’t think Edelweiss has something similar, as long as you were polite about it I don’t think it hurts to ask!
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I was polite. I literally just put ‘May I ask why?’
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LOL Well why not? I don’t see anything wrong with this. Penguin is the biggest publisher now that they combined with Random House I believe.
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😦 And they hate me!
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They send physical copies sometimes before they will e-copies. Makes no sense.
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Weird.
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I have gotten denied for an ebook and then gotten a physical. super bullshit
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So weird.
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Yeah that part is super annoying. But hey, if I get to read the book I’m not complaining
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True. ^-^
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lol Always hoping for some way to get a copy. I got two physical copies of Crown of Feathers, but not an ebook. So glad I got that book because I loved it
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If you have two maybe you could donate one to the flapping pages thing? I just learned about it. ^-^
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I don’t really know what that is, I don’t think. I actually gave the copy to my Nana to read.
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Where’d you go?
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Went to read my book.
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Ah KK. Flapping pages is something a blogger is doing. Let me see if I can find it again. I think it was Kalinda who did it? I can’t remember her name.
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Kaleena? I actually have heard of this then!
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Here – https://readervoracious.com/2018/09/03/flapping-pages-intl-arc-program/
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yes yes, kaleena is the best
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