Let's talk about ARCs shall we??? For those that don't know... ARC stands for Advance Reader Copy, or a book you get to read before it's published. Let's be honest here.. I never get an ARC for a book I am eagerly anticipating. I mean... what is going on here??? I am signed up on Netgalley, Edelweiss, and Goodreads. I might as well count goodreads giveaways out right away. There seems to be one copy to give away and 2000 people sign up to win it. I am never the one.
I don't know how people are getting a hold of these sought out books. Yes I know... I can get an ARC of a book that is on a blog tour, but those aren't the books I want! There I said it. I guess I need to be one of these big blogs to get anything. Plus Edelweiss is a nightmare to navigate. I was looking at it right now for Infinite by Jodi Meadows and it was terrible to try to figure out where to look. When I did find the Request Copies link and narrowed my search down to Young Adult, Bibles are showing up!! (not that I don't love the Bible by the way).
I tend to get comic book ARCs through Netgalley... all but the cool ones from DC. There again I am always automatically declined. BOOM! Not even 5 minutes after I put in a request I get an email... denied. Then sometimes I will put in for a comic and get an email that says... we're sorry but all the copies that can be given out are gone. Then WHY is the book still listed as available? Take that book down!!! I also just read that there is a rating for each person on Netgalley... turns out mine is only 40% and I guess you want it to be 80%! Why am I only 40%! NOOOOOoooooo!
If you follow my blog clearly I am not trying to only get free books and ARCs. I just want to know why I can't ever get them. It's not like I am a new blogger. I think I have some type of following (or at least I hope I do). Is there some secret group out there I am not apart of??? Well waiting till release day is OK too... I mean.. I didn't even know ARCs existed until I started blogging.