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Thank you to We Are Bookish for another amazing guide. I've been a member of NetGalley for awhile and my reading habits have slowed over the years but I've ramped them up. This guide is perfect for new users to the platform as well as people like myself, who are rediscovering reading and want to make sure they are taking advantage of the platform the best they can and providing the best feedback to authors and publishers. I'm already getting so many more approvals and discovering so many new books and authors!

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Thank you to NetGalley for this Book advocate toolkit. This is a great way for readers to learn how to create hype around a book they loved!

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This toolkit not only provides a handful of tips and tricks to get started on NetGalley, but it also includes vital information on the way NetGalley works.

Through concise and thoroughly organized pages, this toolkit helps explain the basic functions of the website. I found it extremely helpful in understanding how everything worked. Not only that, but it also provides a starting point for both how a profile should look and the ways a review should be written. I found the review writing portion to be the most useful as I had always struggled with creating an effective review before chancing upon this.

I believe that anyone just starting out would benefit greatly from looking over this toolkit. I also think that those who have been using NetGalley for longer should take a look as well! It could help provide information on an area someone may be struggling with, regardless of their time on the website.

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This concise yet effective guide is perfect for newcomers like me who are just starting on NetGalley.

It is vibrant, well-organized, and easy to follow. It introduced me to several helpful tricks and tips I wasn’t aware of.

What stands out is the guide’s blend of practical advice and pretty design. The tips and tricks are presented in clear, bulleted slides, making the content both engaging and easy to digest.

I highly recommend this guide to any new NetGalley member who feels overwhelmed or unsure about where to begin.

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We requested this book after having several unsuccessful request attempts on NetGalley. Looking through blogs we came across this book and it has been so valuable.

The information is incredibly succinct as well as being set up in a very aesthetically pleasing way. It kept us engaged from start to finish. It has been so incredibly helpful and we would 100% recommend it to anyone who has just opened a NetGalley account and needs some advice/guidance. Very grateful we found this.

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The toolkit book was fantastic with helping me set up my profile on NetGalley. Everything was easy to read and find. I loved all the examples that they gave to help set up my profile so that I could set up my profile to the best that it could be.

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Thanks so much to the NetGalley and We Are Bookish team for putting together this guide for NetGalley users! I was review blocked and downloaded the revised version to get the juices flowing -- and it helped! It includes great guidance and important reminders that for newbies or long-term Netgalley users like myself. Definitely recommend downloading and checking it out!

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This was a great guide with clear explanations, illustrations and tools. Perfect for beginners or people already on the platform that wish to maximize their experience.

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This is a great toolkit to learn how to review books and give fair feedback to the authors and publishers. Highly recommend you download it to keep it on hand!

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I found this to be really informative & helpful. I’ve screenshotted certain sections so I can come back to them to help me to continue to write good reviews.

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This toolkit was extremely helpful! As an avid reader I sometimes struggle to put into words what I'm feeling after finishing a book. This toolkit has a great section on reviewing, how to build a reviewer profile, and tips. I really appreciate the time and effort that was put in so that other new or struggling reviewers can better understand how to navigate anf review on Netgalley.

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This was a great guide into netgalley that answered questions that I had without having to spend time making mistakes and getting frustrated. It allowed me to have more information and led me to the social media guide which was extremely helpful.

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This was very helpful in getting started! Great tips and a step by step guide. Highly recommend for those just starting out.

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Great outline for being a book advocate. I’m excited to utilize these tools and tips to get started on future reviews. Love the visuals and quick tips. Thanks!

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A really useful, comprehensive and clear user guide on how to use this amazing website… thank you so much NetGalley!!!

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Very useful, thank you for creating this guide.

I referred to it several times when I was writing my first review on here.

Very colourful too

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This book provided some helpful advice for getting started and how to navigate NetGalley. I will be interested to see how utilizing the advice may help!

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This is a great starter kit for those new to netgalley or looking to get approved for more ARCs. Even though I have been working on book reviews for 6 years, it was a good refresher on writing my bio and crafting interesting reviews.

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Helpful reminders! Thank you for this document, NetGalley. It’s always good to refresh on what will be more helpful for publishers to see in our profiles.

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This is a really handy guide for navigating NG, thank you!
Though I consider myself quite a pro, I picked up a few tips and bookmarked a lot of resources I'll definitely be sharing with my friends when they ask about NetGalley.

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