[Ads-l] (Off topic) Galleys of "Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations"

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of ADSGarson O'Toole
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 2:18 PM
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> Subject: (Off topic) Galleys of "Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations"
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> The book was selected for a special promotion called "Kindle First".
> In March 2017 a free copy of the kindle e-book will be available to "Kindle First" participants. This is one month before the main release
> date. If you are an "Amazon Prime" member then you automatically qualify to get free "Kindle First" books. The book will also be available
> via "Kindle Unlimited" in April.
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> Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations by Garson O'Toole https://www.amazon.com/Hemingway-
> Didnt-Say-That-Quotations/dp/1503933415/
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> Here is a link to learn more about "Kindle First":
> https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/kindlefirst/
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> Garson
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Just curious -- do you get any royalties for these "free" copies?  Or do you have to accept, as a part of doing business, that some of your retailers can give your books away as a way of marketing?


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