• yeather@lemmy.ca
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      19 days ago

      It was guidlines for the prerelease and free copies, if you buy it yourself you do not need to follow the guidelines.

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      19 days ago

      Not following the guidelines has potential to damage relationships between them and the publisher. Affection existing and future access to pre release content / review content / sponsorship deals etc… . It potentially could damage relationships between others publishers as well.