My book, The Other Side Of Good, won’t be released to the public by Koehler Books until January 17, but you can read it before that in an ARC, an Advanced Reader Copy. What’s the difference between the ARC version of the book and the final version?

Hopefully, not much. The ARC allows the author and the publisher one last chance for a reader review of the book before its final printing. Sometimes readers pick up typographical errors that were overlooked in the editing process that can be corrected before the final printing.

Perhaps more importantly, the ARC gives early reviewers a chance to critique the book before it’s publication. Obviously, many poor reviews of the advance could impact the author’s and publisher’s decision to publish at all. Good reviews, on the other hand, can follow the book through its official release, providing marketing impetus for strong early sales.

Many authors are selective in providing free digital or printed ARCs. Not me. At least not to my friends and family. If the goal is to sell thousands of books, distributing dozens to the people most likely willing to help with positive word of mouth is inexpensive but important marketing. Send me a request through the contact form found on this website, and I’ll deliver a digital ARC to you.

And … here’s some bonus information for those reading this blog …

Did you know that you can send long PDF documents (like the ARC for a novel) to your Kindle device to read? I didn’t until last week and wished someone would have told me about this earlier. I’ve been dragging a laptop through airports across the country for decades to keep working on-the-go. Most of the things I needed to work on could have been sent to my compact little Kindle to read on the plane (or in my hotel room) at my leisure. Follow this link to learn how to do it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle/email

So, if you want to read an early version of The Other Side Of Good, you don’t have to do it in front of your desktop or from a clunky laptop. You can do it from your Kindle just like any other book you might download from Amazon. Not too bad, huh? And it doesn’t cost you anything. Once the book is released publicly that won’t be the case. The only thing that I respectfully request from the folks who receive a free book is to post a quick review of the book on Amazon😊