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NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit is a handy guide that helps you learn how to navigate everything on the website. It will be a good quick reference tool for when users forget where to find something or how to access a tool.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This toolkit helped me tremendously and I will continue to refer back to it. The biggest and most immediate help was telling me how to subscribe to the weekly checklist, that is going to be such a big help!!

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As always, Netgalley does not disappoint when it comes to providing the best resources for its readers and reviewers! Thank you for putting together this amazing resource that helps you tailor your profile, helps you with writing reviews in different formats and to different audiences, and for helping you to improve your feedback ratio and read more of what you enjoy!

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This Toolkit offers valuable insight on the workings of NetGalley. This site in general is user-friendly, but this toolkit breaks down the components of the site, and provides important information for this site. When I first started NetGalley, I had so many questions! This answered all of them, and provided external links for more information on topics. I even learned there's a dark mode?? Definitely turning that option on! I highly recommend this Toolkit for any new or pre-existing NetGalley reviewers of all membership types.

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This is a great and short book about navigating this site, It was very colourful and easy to read. I learned so much about the website and the orange pencil!

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This toolkit is such a great resource for the Netgalley Newbie or the seasoned pro. It’s informative and easy to follow and had a lot of good tips. Highly recommend this as a a book to keep to refer back to when needed.

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NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit is an outstanding resource for anyone starting on NetGalley or as a refresher for seasoned users. This guide is packed with valuable information that makes navigating the NetGalley platform much more straightforward and boosts confidence in using its features.

As the organizer of NetGalley November—a month-long event on my BookTube channel focused on reading NetGalley ARCs—this toolkit has been invaluable. It’s become my go-to resource for introducing newcomers to NetGalley, helping me confidently answer questions, and offering others the knowledge they need to start their own NetGalley journeys.

Thank you to NetGalley, and We Are Bookish for providing this practical, daily resource for the community!

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Found this really helpful and digestible. Lots of tangible tips that are easy to put into action straight away.

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This manual was brief, engaging, and informative. Thank you, NetGalley, for this manual! I’ve been reviewing for months, but just checking this manual brought me answers to questions I’ve had recently.

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Thanks for this book. It was a well laid out and easy to follow book. The tips were great. It really helps to know what publishers are looking for. I have now made some changes and found that I am definitely getting more approvals. It would have been helpful to have had this a while ago when I first began to do reviews for NetGalley. I recommend that anyone starting off on their reviewer journey start with this book. It will get you started on the right foot.

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A really informative and comprehensive guide to using netgalley full of tips and tricks. I found out some really useful information like types of reviewers, how to build the perfect bio and what different areas of netgalley are for.

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This is a helpful guide for new NetGalley users to become acclimated to the process of book requesting and reviewing. The PDF was helpful to develop an understanding of what the publishers may be looking for when selecting reviewers and how to adapt your profile to match their needs. They also provide a simple formula for crafting reviews if the reader is new to the process of writing. Would recommend to anyone getting started with reviewing through NetGalley!

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This was a helpful guide for reviewing books for NetGalley. I liked the examples and the additional recommendations for reviewing a book that I did not finish.

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This toolkit is designed for NetGalley users, offering guidelines for creating a member profile and maintaining a strong Feedback Ratio. It also provides tips for crafting book reviews, including critical ones. The revised edition is available for download and use.

This was such an easy-to-read, highly graphic handbook for anyone new to NetGalley! Thank you to NetGalley and We Are Bookish for a copy of this advocate toolkit in exchange for my honest opinion and review.

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This guide was absolutely perfect to help me learn everything that I needed to know regarding NetGalley and also something that I can always refer back to when I have questions. Everything that you need to know is in this guide and I would recommend it to all who are starting with NetGalley!

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NetGalley‘s Book Advocate Toolkit is a quick yet comprehensive introduction to NetGalley. With simple and clear, bold graphics, bite sized information, and links to further articles, I enjoyed reading this toolkit and exploring the resources. I was moved to put my new knowledge to work and took immediate action updating my profile and brushing up on my review skills. I’m so pleased to have read this to increase my effectiveness in book advocacy!

Thanks to NetGalley for access to this DRC. All opinions are my own.

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This is a great guide for those who want to improve their social media impact on the book industry and reviewing media on NetGalley and elsewhere

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Very useful resource for getting started and tips for review writing thank you. I will be making sure I refer back constantly.

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A vital assistance for anyone new to NetGalley or who wants to more fully enjoy the features on the sight. Highly recommend.

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This was a great toolkit and answered a lingering question I had about not finishing a book but reading enough of it to be able to leave a review.

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