This was a helpful overview, even for someone who has been using NetGalley for over a year now and crafting book reviews casually, off and on, for many more. While maybe not groundbreaking , they’re good reminders, especially if you’re dealing with a bit of review-block. Good resource!

Thank you, We Are Bookish, for continuing to release such helpful tutorials! I wish I’d had the forethought to find this when I first became an active NetGalley reader, but alas, I’ve always been the type to dive right in, user manuals be damned.

I’ve already incorporated several tips and tricks from this guide and will keep using its advice to improve my experience and strengthen my skills as a reviewer. I don’t want to just participate, I want to provide meaningful, thoughtful feedback.

This toolkit should be mandatory reading for anyone new to NetGalley. Learn from my mistakes. Save yourselves.

This is a good tool kit, I’ve been in the book social media community for almost two years and this was helpful

This toolkit is a great way to jump-start your NetGalley experience. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who’s new to NetGalley or arc reviewing in general. If you have a decent amount of experience, this may feel a little redundant at times (which was my experience) - but it’s still a very quick read and a nice refresher.

I wish NetGalley promoted these more to new users, because I would have gotten a lot more out of this if I had read it last year, when I first joined NetGalley.

This handbook was made very well! It was colorful and easy to navigate and read. The tips were very useful in accessing certain features and showed how to utilize others that new users may overlook. Thank you for putting this guide together for new users!

This was a super helpful guide for netgalley, it answered all the questions that I had and I think everyone who is just getting started on this site definitely needs to check it out!

This is a short handbook providing tips to reviewers new to NetGalley. I really loved how concise this was, and easy to read! The tips and example of a good bio really helped me create a strong looking profile that will hopefully attract publishers. The explanation of feedback ratio and why it is important was also really helpful. I didn't understand the importance of feedback ratio or why I shouldn't go on a "request spree" when just starting out. I would strongly encourage anyone new to NetGalley to read this toolkit before doing anything else!

Thank you, NetGalley, for this book! It makes navigating and using Netgalley so easy! It also shares fun tips I had no idea about. I love the hyperlinks to online resources for further explanations.

The Toolkit was very helpful starting out and it was nice to have for reference when questions came up. I appreciate them making this available for those who need it and it can continue to be used as a refresher.

I’m still quite new to NetGalley, seeing as I only started my journey earlier this year. All of the resources provided by We Are Bookish are so incredibly helpful to get started and set yourself up for success!

I really appreciated all the tips and recommendations listed. It’s well laid out and clearly guides me through the NetGalley process from start to finish, including how to avoid negatively impacting my account.
Definitely take a look at it before beginning your review process.

I really love these additional resources that NetGalley has created for us--I really appreciate NetGalley making it available to us. Thank you!

This toolkit is very helpful. It explained things like when to write a review when you DNF'ed and helped me write a review for a book I just read.

NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit was very helpful for first time reviewers. The tips for building out our profile were helpful. The navigation guide was invaluable. I must say, it was because of this Toolkit that I withdrew a few additional review requests I had made. The advice to not overcommit yourself is good. This will help keep the reviewer’s feedback ratio at 80% or higher. This guide was the perfect length. It covered exactly what one needs to know without overloading the learner. I also appreciate that there is a guideline for a book one may choose to DNF, as this does happen. All around, this guide is wonderful.

This downloadable toolkit has plenty of tips to help the NetGalley newbie (like me) get their feet on the ground. It can be read in one sitting, but is definitely a book I'll save and refer back to.

I normally don't like digital text that has different colored backgrounds for different sections, but the graphics for this book are very well done. The font is clear and the relationship between background graphics and text actually made the text more readable than many such handbooks that I have looked at.

An excellent reference tool. Well done, NetGalley!

A useful guide for getting started with reviews on NetGalley; probably best for those new to the community.

This toolkit was very helpful for someone who is new to NetGalley and may have a lot of questions on where to start. This gave me a fantastic overview of what I should know to be engaged and successful here.

Great resource to use when you are just starting out writing reviews of books. I was able to take the information from the toolkit and apply it to my reviews.

This book was great for helping to navigate through NetGalley and help to better your reviews and such. Highly recommend if you want to be a book reviewer through NetGalley.

The NetGalley Book Advocate Toolkit is like that friend who tells you exactly what you need to know without wasting your time. Whether you’re a fresh-faced NetGalley newbie or a seasoned request-clicker, this guide is packed with tips to level up your game. It’s clear, well-organized, and sprinkled with clever links to deeper dives—plus, it finally solved the mystery of the orange pencil (spoiler: it’s very cool). From polishing your bio and reviews to mastering the Shelf app and making peace with DNF decisions, this toolkit doesn’t just help you navigate NetGalley—it helps you shine for publishers and authors alike.