[LMB] ARC lights

[Lois McMaster Bujold]

Just a reminder, all you _Legacy_ ARC readers who promised to buzz about 
the books suitably all over the Internet (12 known, plus any volunteers 
very welcome), it is now past time.

While some spoiler-sensitivity is good, when it starts to stifle 
discourse, it's bad.  So don't be so inhibited as to become mute.

Attaching the sample chapters links to all references to the books seems 
to me a *really* useful notion. 

For _Legacy_:

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061139055/The_Sharing_Knife_Volume_Two/excerpt.aspx 


And for _Beguilement_:

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061137587/The_Sharing_Knife_Volume_One/excerpt.aspx 



My editor sent me a very excited e-mail, after the samples went up, when 
HarperCollins' own website hit counter put _Legacy_ at the top of their 
list (and won a front-webpage placement) for a day.  Whether this has 
anything to do with ultimate book sales is hard to say, but I do like to 
gratify my editor.  She works hard, including nights and weekends (she's 
supposed to be devoting this weekend to editing Vol. #3, in point of 
fact.  What, you didn't think editors had time to actually edit on 
*company* time, did you?)

Any suggestions from other listees about where to _place_ one's buzz 
would be very welcome, as not everyone who had a shot at an ARC has a 
website or blog.  Amazon US gets enough reviews, but I notice Chapters 
in Canada seems under-supplied, as does Amazon UK.  There are other 
places besides various bookseller sites for public reviews -- I don't 
know if e-opinions, for example, is public or private.  But anyway, 
anyone with more clever ideas or tips, please trot them out.  Anyone who 
wants to volunteer to *share* a bit of their blogspace with a 
guest-reviewer, ferex.  A delicate dance, as one also wants to avoid 
offensive spamming in inappropriate venues; use judgment.  It's supposed 
to be a conversation, after all.

Ta, L.  (Between scenes this morning, can't you tell?  Of Ch. 20; which 
is likely as far as I'll get for a time.)