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A way to designate that the version you're reading is an ARC and/or is a digital copy (non-ebook) copy for a physical book
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booksoversecondbreakfastJun 15, 2026
Hi! I often read ARCs that digital versions of physical books. In other words, the copy I receive has an ISBN of a physical book, but I'm still reading it in the form of ebook, myself, because I'm reading it as an ARC. The current set up makes it confusing when entering new books as well. Here's an example: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6cbd787b-b753-4e55-b8fb-ec4ea53e68eb. I entered it as digital, because my copy itself is digital. This also allows it to show up as an ebook in my stats. I realized after the fact, however, that I technically probably should have entered it as physical. I'm really not sure though. I wish there was some way to handle this nuance. Thanks!
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I have been tagging the e-ARCs as NetGalley or gifted when reading the ebook version and I tag the physical copy as gifted and owned. I just mark it as read without dates or ratings so I know how many books in my physical tbr I have read.
I currently mark the correct format as reading like digital or paperback/hardcover and then use tags "e-galley" "physical galley" for my personal graphs.
How do other people think we should handle this case?
Nadia Thanks for considering it! I know it would add a lot more complexity, data-manangement-wise, but it also might help make it where the data is overall cleaner, because there won't be confused people like me accidentally entering things incorrectly in this situation haha.
I would also love to have an ARC feature as a whole, maybe not as it's own shelf like Owned, DNF, etc but it would be nice to be able to explicitly mark something as "ARC edition" as well. Maybe like a tag like the "Not a book" tag on an entry
qveerinthenight I like that idea a lot! There can be an ARC-tagged 'edition' of a certain book with a certain ISBN, and a non-ARC-tagged edition associated with that same ISBN. The ARC version vs non-ARC version can have different types (ebook vs. physical vs. audiobook), but I guess they can also have the same types (in the case where you get a physical ARC book).
qveerinthenight I like this idea! Because then ARCs could be hidden by default (with option to view) on the editions list too to limit the noise for most users.