review copy

British

noun

a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed

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After early previews of the game were less-than-positive, major gaming site IGN, which published one of them, said it had been refused a review copy.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

After my review copy of “Still Pictures” arrived in my mailbox, I jumped right in and started gulping it down.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2023

Northam participated in 14 interviews for the book, a digital review copy of which was provided to AP by The University of South Carolina Press.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2022

He said the material included a review copy of text messages over six months from late 2019 into the first quarter of 2020.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2022

She sat next to him on the floor and pulled the review copy of Mom’s new book out of the envelope.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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