Definition of ARC
An ARC is an advanced reader's copy of a book given to certain people who are allowed to read the book before its actual publish date.
What Is an Advanced Reader's Copy?
An ARC is the pre-published, almost-complete version of a new book that is released to "advanced readers." Who these advanced readers are may vary, but for the freelance writer's purpose, they are book reviewers and media reviewers who are allowed to read the book before its publish date so that reviews may coincide with the book's debut.
The ARC is generally a paperback edition that is not complete- that is, it may lack a final proofread or its final cover design.
For further reading about ARC's, visit this site: http://www.tor.com/2009/04/07/collecting-arcs-sometimes-even-better-than-the-real-thing/
“The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.”
― Daniel Handler, Why We Broke Up
Synopsis:
I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened.
Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up.
Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches, a protractor, books, a toy truck, a pair of ugly earrings, a comb from a motel room,
and every other item collected over the course of a giddy, intimate, heartbreaking relationship.
Item after item is illustrated and accounted for, and then the box, like a girlfriend, will be dumped.
