When should you send out advance copies? A dated plan from your release date
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R. S. Breed Founder
Advance copies go out too late more often than too early. Readers need time to finish and write a review before release day.
Put your release date into the ARC launch timeline and you get a dated plan: https://bervet.com/tools/arc-launch-timeline
It covers when to get the file ready, when to open your ARC and share the link, the last day to let readers in, getting your store links ready, release day, and saying thank you afterwards. You choose how long the ARC runs (4, 6 or 8 weeks).
If your book is going into Kindle Unlimited, tick the box. Books in KDP Select can't be distributed digitally anywhere else, so the plan has your ARC close at the start of release day.
It's a suggestion, not a rule: move anything that doesn't suit your book. Print it, or keep the link: every plan has its own. No account needed.
Hosting the ARC itself is free on Bervet too: https://bervet.com/for-authors