This guide is so helpful. I wish I had found this when I first started my account but it's still so valuable now. The tips on how to keep your profile fresh and professional was insightful.

Also, I had no idea the shelf app had so many features... text to speech?? That's amazing.

What a helpful guide! I'm new to NetGalley and this book has been extremely helpful in orienting me to the workings of the service. So many great tips!

I have been looking forward to starting to review the books I read instead of simply rating with stars on Goodreads. I have found that most of the best reviewers have been ones working with advance reader copy providers. I was initially concerned that I might not be able to keep up with the requirements of the program but the tips here have given me the confidence to keep reading and reviewing!

Thanks to NetGalley for making this available!

This was a quick read with a lot of usefull tips and tricks for a new netgalley member like me. I‘m happy I took the time to read it.

They provided extremely helpful tips to get started with NetGalley! I felt like it was a very all encompassing and inclusive guide that is definitely a go-to starter pack for reviewers. It would also be a great reference for reviewers who may be seasoned but want to know how to up their game and increase their approvals!

This Toolkit contains so much great info for getting started with NetGalley whether you are a writer, publisher, or reviewer. As a reader, I love that this guide is available so that we can do our best to assist these writers and publishers with their precious works of art. I know it is difficult for a writer to open themselves up to scrutiny and criticism. We all want to encourage them to succeed and share their works of art with the world. How lucky are we to be able to help with that?

10/10 recommend every NetGalley user to download and read this toolkit. It gives you all the tips and tricks of NetGalley as well as explaining some nuances of the publishing industry that may be new to you. The guide also links to outside videos to help navigate and show more details. Everyone is always stressing over what to have in their NG bio & it's all outlined right here. People also struggle with what to include in their reviews and NG also has it outlined and additional tips on what they are looking for (pg24-26) even if you need to DNF!

This tool lit is super helpful and easy to follow along! It has some amazing tips and I know I will refer back-to-back it when I'm feeling stuck!

If you are new to NetGalley and ARCs, then this is your essential guidebook!

The layout and graphics are fun and easy to follow, very intuitive and visually appealing. The content is super helpful for a newbie or a great opportunity for a refresh if you are a seasoned ARC reader.

Don't start your journey as a professional book reviewer without reading this first!

This was a really useful resource, even though I have done many of things they recommend before reading this. It still helped me improve my account.

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Definitely a must-have guide to NetGalley! As a brand new reviewer, I found myself updating my profile and utilizing the suggested changes as I was reading, so I definitely recommend for people just starting out.

This is so very helpful! It’s definitely something to refer back to if you have any questions especially with DNFing. The graphics are also appealing and there’s no fluff to read through.

As someone new to NetGalley, I found this toolkit incredibly helpful! I refer to it often, and I really appreciate that the platform provides such a useful resource to support its users.

This was incredibly helpful as a newcomer to both NetGalley, reviewing and Bookstagram! Thank you!
Lots of invaluable information and I love that you’re supporting and encouraging the community this way!

Thank you for the end of year download. It had practical tips for optimizing my profile so that I could continue to receive my most anticipated reads. I appreciate the gift and will put it to good use.

NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit by We Are Bookish is a must-read for every NetGalley Reader. It contains helpful information in a clean and easy-to-follow layout. The pacing of the book is perfect for a newbie reader like me. I never felt overwhelmed and even learned a few things! It also has links throughout, so there's no need to search for the resources and forget what you were searching for (yay, for neurodivergent friendly!)

Wow, I wish I would have found this book in the very beginning of my start on this platform. I found it very informative, straight to the point, and helpful. I'll be instituting some changes to my approach immediately.

New to NetGalley? Start here! NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit is the perfect introduction to starting your book reviewing journey. Whether you’re aiming to be the next big thing on BookTok, or have a strong reviewer profile on Amazon, or indeed just love sharing on your blog, there is guidance on how to approach the review platform, make requests, boost your chances of your requests being accepted, and generally enjoy the process.

This is a well-balanced guide that also reminds readers of the commitment they make when receiving an ARC, which is to be mindful of the audience you’re reviewing for here, which is publishers and authors, not the general public, and how to give thoughtful feedback even - or especially - when you either didn’t like the book or didn’t finish it for some reason. Readers aren’t being provided with ARCs for fun: there is an issue expectation that readers will provide feedback that helps with the future marketing of the book, so even negative reviews help define a book’s potential audience ahead of launch.

Some very helpful links in the guide as well - definitely worth checking out the other resources available to step up your game. I suspect this is a guide I’ll be coming back to from time to time just to refresh and evaluate how I’m doing and ensure that I maintain the quality of my reviews.

Being new to NetGalley, I was kind of winging it. This toolkit is incredibly useful for understanding what's expected of me as a reviewer and how to successfully engage with the platform. Thank you to We Are Bookish for creating this guide!

This toolkit is super helpful to get started here. I am now reading and enjoying my first ARC. Thank you so much, NetGalley.