Sounds to me like he's tired of sending out free books to freeloaders.
Macharius Send a noteboard - 02/12/2011 03:09:33 AM
My paraphrased interpretation of the email is that he's not going to send out books to people who don't want them, or won't review them in a timely manner. I understand that "timely manner" may be subject to debate, but ultimately the publisher is sending out ARCs for review as a means of advertisement and publicity to hopefully generate sales on the initial run of hardcover copies where they actually have a measure of profitability.
That said, I don't see any specific reason for the limitation to three titles per month: to me, that smacks of laziness in being unwilling to handle the abilities of individual reviewers to read and produce a review (in the aforementioned timely manner
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That said, I don't see any specific reason for the limitation to three titles per month: to me, that smacks of laziness in being unwilling to handle the abilities of individual reviewers to read and produce a review (in the aforementioned timely manner

William Morrow sends a letter to reviewers that some might find to be out-of-bounds
02/12/2011 02:02:52 AM
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Sounds to me like he's tired of sending out free books to freeloaders.
02/12/2011 03:09:33 AM
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There's more to it than that
02/12/2011 03:25:39 AM
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Re: There's more to it than that
02/12/2011 05:36:06 AM
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I think they're doing the responsible thing Larry. New realities call for new practices.
02/12/2011 04:31:48 AM
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Re: I think they're doing the responsible thing Larry. New realities call for new practices.
02/12/2011 04:34:24 AM
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I have no problems with limiting access, it's the terminology that grates
02/12/2011 05:03:31 AM
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The LA Times is now blogging about this, with a link to the OF Blog
03/12/2011 01:48:25 AM
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