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Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated

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97 points healsdata | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 11:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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saintblasphemer ◴[25 Jun 25 12:27 UTC] No.44376493[source]▶
Why is the book available for review on the site if review copies haven't yet been sent out? Isn't that just asking for trolling?
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Freak_NL ◴[25 Jun 25 12:30 UTC] No.44376529[source]▶
I guess authors and publishers do like being able to show that a certain title is forthcoming.
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1. nemomarx ◴[25 Jun 25 12:34 UTC] No.44376571[source]▶
And it lets people add it to reading list plans early etc. But you could probably have a read only entry with a countdown without enormous efforts?