[rhizome]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-GREAT-ORDEAL-The-Aspect-Emperor-Trilogy-by-R-Scott-Bakker-07-05-16-ARC-/222142678856?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=HNwXhlOFmH6yQkrgVHpjhAL7FVM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Needed some beach reading

The market is there! I really hope the TGO sales reflect it. 

[Madness]

Looks like there is a ninth: http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Great-Ordeal-R-Scott-Bakker-The-Aspect-Emperor-Trilogy-ARC-Aug-2016/131833685908?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D36895%26meid%3Da0392e55b4b5496393eecef06b8bc4ef%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D222142678856

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-GREAT-ORDEAL-The-Aspect-Emperor-Trilogy-by-R-Scott-Bakker-07-05-16-ARC-/222142678856?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=HNwXhlOFmH6yQkrgVHpjhAL7FVM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Needed some beach reading

The market is there! I really hope the TGO sales reflect it. 

Haha - I just hope people who spend $150 on ARCs will still purchase the book. So that makes five for the forum, two for the Abyss, and eight and nine so far undetermined (though, Wilshire's earlier ARC bidding is at $142 right now...)

[Wilshire]

Nice rhizome, that's a good find for $20. Wish I had seen that one.

[Madness]

Eight has been sold. Do we have a winner?

[Wilshire]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARC-816-The-Great-Ordeal-R-Scott-Bakker-The-Aspect-Emperor-Trilogy-/172232764457?hash=item2819df6c29:g:qFQAAOSwMNxXVgHm

Number 10. Asking price $115 or best offer.

[themerchant]

Some might be the same ones? Having been read then maybe trying to recoup the price?

[Madness]

Wow - just wrote a whole post taking themerchant's context to be The Great Ordeal Arc Giveaway thread. Jeepers.

I think these still might be people who have sold a number of copies in a row. Wilshire would know better than I.

That would be extremely low for the opposite end of the spectrum from those who have shared theirs here, so long as the reader is still buying the canon artifact, is those who resell their ARC...

[Wilshire]

Some might be the same ones? Having been read then maybe trying to recoup the price?

I guess that's possible. Certainly not all of them, since there are a few sellers that keep appearing and selling copies. However, that probably only makes up 33% - 50% of the sold books. The other's could be resold, however all the descriptions list "like new" or other such conditions that make me think that the books remain unread. Even fi you're careful, a read book is fairly obvious to spot compared to an unread.

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Number 11:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Aspect-Emperor-Bk-3-The-Great-Ordeal-by-R-Scott-Bakker-ARC-Aug-2016-/401133516801?hash=item5d656bb801:g:VT4AAOSwnNBXV5C4

Starting bid is $20.

[SilentRoamer]

Why would anyone sell an ARC!?

Bunch of ungrateful and undeserving sranc, should have been left to howl at the gates.

[Madness]

It's interesting because a member who contacted me said that bookstores, etc, etc, that receive ARCs are explicitly told not to sell them.

But yeah - clearly not fans.

[Madness]

Number ten sold for $100 flat (down from $115).

[Wilshire]

Why would anyone sell an ARC!?

Bunch of ungrateful and undeserving sranc, should have been left to howl at the gates.

I can understanding selling after the book is released. If you don't care about it, no need to hold onto it. Get it to someone who would appreciate owning it. That said, selling it prior to the release of the book itself seems deplorable. I blame Overlook, mainly, for not properly vetting who they sent books to.

[Blackstone]

Why would anyone sell an ARC!?

Bunch of ungrateful and undeserving sranc, should have been left to howl at the gates.

I can understanding selling after the book is released. If you don't care about it, no need to hold onto it. Get it to someone who would appreciate owning it. That said, selling it prior to the release of the book itself seems deplorable. I blame Overlook, mainly, for not properly vetting who they sent books to.

I believe you can just go to the website and sign up to get ARCs. I don't think you get to pick, so people that are selling them just get a bunch of ARCs every month and sell them on Ebay--or at least, that's my impression of how it all works.

[Madness]

What's "the website," Blackstone?

[rhizome]

Why would anyone sell an ARC!?

Bunch of ungrateful and undeserving sranc, should have been left to howl at the gates.

I can understanding selling after the book is released. If you don't care about it, no need to hold onto it. Get it to someone who would appreciate owning it. That said, selling it prior to the release of the book itself seems deplorable. I blame Overlook, mainly, for not properly vetting who they sent books to.

I believe you can just go to the website and sign up to get ARCs. I don't think you get to pick, so people that are selling them just get a bunch of ARCs every month and sell them on Ebay--or at least, that's my impression of how it all works.

I bought my ARC from someone seems to specialize in selling ARCs of all descriptions on eBay.  Most of their negative feedback is from people complaining about being sent uncorrected/advance proofs instead of retail copies!?!