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This is a helpful tool for someone who reviews books. I have been review Ming books for a while and lately I feel like I’m been in a rut when writing my reviews. I his has giving me new ideas of where to review and get ideas on writing reviews.

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A great toolkit put out by the masters. More than a few tips in here to help grow that feedback ratio and gain approvals from publishers. Thank you NetGalley!

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Helpful for reviews! Will take some items into consideration. Having just started Netgalley, I was a little unsure of how to crest late good reviews. This was definitely helpful with ideas and other resources to make great reviews.

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I would recommend this to anyone that’s getting started on NetGalley. The information is digestible, helpful, and thoughtful. It’s well-designed and has given me some great ideas on how to move forward on this platform. Wish I had read it sooner!

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This document is a great reference if you're just getting started with book reviews. It includes tips on NetGalley, book reviews, Bookish social media, and strategizing for posting and content.

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With thanks to "We Are Bookish" and NetGalley for a digital ARC, in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

This book contains some really useful pointers on how to get the most of out of NetGalley, as well as some pitfalls to avoid (I wish I had seen this book BEFORE my early request spree!). It also gives some great tips on how to structure and write an effective review, both positive and negative.

Especially useful to a social media novice like myself was the section on how to promote reviews, and how to get the most of out of blogs, vlogs and other online social channels.

Whether you are just getting started with NetGalley, or have already been approved for 100 books and have somehow magically managed to find the time to read and review them all, you will find something useful in this book. Highly recommended!

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Thanks To "We are Bookish" for this really helpful and easy to navigate guides to getting started with Netgalley. I highly recommend it to anyone who is getting started as a book reviewer.

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This book was a quick read and a great aid through which to explore new ideas about reviews.. Insights into the use of social media such as Instagram and YouTube as outlets to spread book information were an added benefit.
The work is not a comprehensive guide on the subjects. Those who want to do a deep dive into review writing techniques might be disappointed. Yet, any novice reviewer should place this volume on their shelf. It makes a great reference. The text is easily readable and the book's design makes it easy to navigate through topics according to interest.

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This is an excellent read for anyone looking to learn how to write stellar reviews or if one just needs to brush up on some skills. Glad I read this at the beginning of my NetGalley journey!

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A very thorough version of how to get the most out of NetGalley. A must-read for every NetGalley users out there!

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Extremely helpful guide to anyone who wants to blog about books in general and to those who read books in return for honest reviews! Glad I read it!

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Whether you are a veteran bookish content creator or someone new to the space, this is a very helpful read, not just on tips about NetGalley but across all sorts of platforms as well. Are you a bookstagrammer? A BookTuber? A blogger? There's helpful advice for all of those and not just about writing reviews either! There are camera tips, advice in using Canva to help create graphics or helping edit certain pictures, creating logos, and more!
A very informative read with nice graphics to keep it interesting so that it's not just a handful of pages with boring text.

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This book should be required reading for anyone who reads books and provides reviews - whether it is to NetGalley, Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, publishers etc.
The toolkit gives basic information about how to complete a profile, how write a review, what to include, how to plan a reading schedule, as well.
Thank you for offering this book to me - I'm sure it will make my reviews more effective.

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Excellent tips and tricks for being a great reviewer on NetGalley as well as how to integrate book reviews into social media. Definitely gave me inspiration to beef of my social media presence for book reviews, and how to properly organize the multiple reviews I need to do!

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This was somewhat helpful. But by the time I found this toolkit, I had fumbled through a lot of this info on my own. One thing I was looking for that it did not answer, is what to do if you are ready to share your review before the publisher guidelines. There seems to be competing interests between publisher guidelines and keeping up your feedback percentage.

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This was very informative. It could prove to be helpful to those new to reviewing. It is also a nice review to more veteran reviewers. Easy to read and follow.

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Information that is good for newbies and even those who’ve been reviewing awhile. It is a quick read and I will be referring to it often as a reminder. I found it a fun toolkit that can help with a variety of reviewer topics. The information on social media was helpful with tips, too.

Thank you NetGalley!

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a helpful and innovative guide to how to become effective with your reviews on respective platforms. A unquestionable need for any one who partakes in reading and reviewing.

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This was very informative and great if you are a new or older user on netgalley. Here are great tips on how to review books on any platform. Thank you Natgalley.

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Such a useful guide, even for seasoned NetGalley enthusiasts! I wish this book was available when I'd started on NetGalley, it's super useful. Even though I've been on NetGalley for a few years, I'm really glad I read it as there's loads of useful info!

The guide covers all things NetGalley, I already knew how to use the platform but picked up some great tips for polishing up my bio (thanks guys!), it also covers how to write reviews, all of the social media platforms plus blogging, and interestingly how to strategize. The strategize section covers things like content planning, using canva and hashtags and accessibility. As a severely disabled book blogger, I know just how important accessibility is and I'm so pleased this was included.

The layout is more like a presentation than a book, there's great use of colour and graphics and no long block of boring text. The tone is really engaging and the writing very straightforward. I highly recommend this to all users of NetGalley, we can all do with reviewing our own performance in this space and the tips are invaluable.

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