The book club I do first reads for (a subsidiary of Big Whomping Book Club) has given me everything from shiny-covered ARCs to bound uncorrected proofs labeled as such to double-sided or single-sided ms. photocopies over the years.
I've sometimes gotten photocopies of a copyedited ms., complete with markup, which suggested to me that the production schedule was running late on that particular book and the publisher thought it was better for Big Whomping Book Club to see it quickly rather than waiting to produce a pretty, clean, bound format. (I bow to those with more experience in editorial than I on that; I just theorize from having done production.*wry grin*)
*looks over at current lot* One bound uncorrected proof and one ARC, because I told the person who gives them to me last week I was going on a plane ride and needed portable stuff. Very nice of him.*grin*
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Date: 2004-10-14 06:32 pm (UTC)I've sometimes gotten photocopies of a copyedited ms., complete with markup, which suggested to me that the production schedule was running late on that particular book and the publisher thought it was better for Big Whomping Book Club to see it quickly rather than waiting to produce a pretty, clean, bound format. (I bow to those with more experience in editorial than I on that; I just theorize from having done production.*wry grin*)
*looks over at current lot* One bound uncorrected proof and one ARC, because I told the person who gives them to me last week I was going on a plane ride and needed portable stuff. Very nice of him.*grin*