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Very helpful in starting my NetGalley account and figuring out how to best use the platform along with social media in order to promote books and connect with other readers!

Thank you NetGallery & We Are Bookish!

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Just like the description says, this toolkit has something for everyone. I don’t know how you discovered NetGalley, but for me, it was a random comment on a Goodreads post. I set up my account and started requesting away! Is it any wonder that I mostly got back decline emails with very little guidance on how to improve my approval chances? Nope. How I wish this had been available before my request finger took control!
This is a short guide that highlights not only how to navigate NetGalley successfully, but also discusses various social media sites and how to effectively use them to promote your love for books.
Most helpful tip to me: how to write a book review. I struggle sometimes with not falling into shark-infested spoiler waters and then feeling like I didn’t express my thoughts well. There are some good tips and guidance to help overcome that type of situation. I wouldn’t be averse to seeing a weekly posting guide for social media in the future. Something to follow like Review Monday, Feature Tuesday, Author Love Wednesday. Sometimes, life just gets in the way of ideas, and a plan is always helpful, at least to me.
A quick, concise, and visual guide with links to additional tips. A newbie or an experienced user would benefit from downloading this small but mighty advocate toolkit.

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I've only recently got enough courage to leave book reviews on the Internet. I've also been dreaming about creating a blog where I could share my thoughts with the world. That's still only a dream, but the one I plan on realizing. This Toolkit has been extremely helpful! It's beginner friendly and I definitely will try to follow those tips! Thank you for all of the advices! :D

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Thanks to this book I am almost positive I have connected all my social media accounts and I’m going to change my bio today. I found this book full of tips and helpful hints to be a better net galley reviewer. I just want to thank whoever thought of the idea to get this to the reviews for free because it was totally worth reading. It is a quick 10 minute read, but the tips and it will help you for the time you review on NetGalley. I also think it’s great that on NetGalleyShelf I have articles you can follow that also help you become better. NetGalley not only helps authors in publishers but they obviously want to help the reviewer‘s as well. Good job NetGalley! Please forgive any mistakes in this review, I am blind and dictate my review and on net galley there’s no way to fix mistakes so I apologize.

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This is a brilliant helpful guide for anyone looking for some guidance on starting their Netgalley journey, or even starting to build their social media regarding book reviews.
I’m still on the learning journey for book reviewing so I found the dos and don'ts in the guide really helpful.

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Surprisingly helpful tips/tricks for upcoming reviewers or season members. I will highly recommend everyone read this to get a better idea on how to improve their platform, review, feedback ratio, etc.

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A great resource for new reviewers and veterans looking to step up their game. Helpful suggestions for improving book related content on various social media platforms and blogs. I appreciate having all of these ideas in one place!

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This is a brief pamphlet on how to use NetGalley to promote and review books. I found it to be easy to read, well designed, and helpful. There are good tips on getting books from NetGalley, where to publish reviews, and even how to write a good review. I would recommend reading it if you plan on using NetGalley.

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This is such a great book and helpful resource on how to start reviewing and publishing said reviews! I wish had read it since the beginning of this journey, but still better later than never! I really hope to be of help with my reviews thanks to the tools listed in this book! Thank you NetGalley

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great resource on helping write an appropriate review. I appreciate the graphics, which are informative and easy to follow. the guidelines also don't seem so strenuous that your average casual reader will be overwhelmed and less enthused about reading and reviewing. thanks!

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What a huge help! Wish I had this from the beginning! Even though I am not a blogger I am an avid reader reviewer ans this provides tips across the board, different sites, different scenarios. Well done

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This is a really helpful guide, thank you. The insight is clear and it was a beneficial read that I’d like to recommend to other netgalley users. A clear, easy to follow user manual for readers looking to request and review upcoming releases.

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Brilliant book, packed of tips for the keen book reviewer.

Especially helpful in regards to how to structure the review and the hashtag tips.

I would appreciate more information on networking & post promotion tips for bookish social media accounts in any future updates or new guides.

Thank you NetGalley!

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Netgalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit is an extremely useful guide for becoming involved with Netgalley. This guide explains and walks new members through starting book inspired social media accounts, and through navigating the system of Netgalley. Personally this guide helped me to begin a Bookstagram (Book Instagram). And I took notes on every part of this guide. I thought that it was very useful that the information was concise and short. However I also found myself wishing for more pages provided within the guide perhaps showing more detailed ideas for social media accounts. For example a list of ideas for Instagram posts. Overall I would recommend this toolkit for any beginner member of Netgalley, or for anyone who wants a brief informative guide to the site.

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This guide was very helpful! I want to be a helpful and supportive member of the netgalley community and this guide definitely gave me tools to achieve that goal. The guide also contains great tips on how to connect netgalley with social media. It covers Bookstagram, BookTok, and other platforms. The information was both easily accessible and helpful.

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Thank you netgalley you are the best! I love how you want us to be the best that we can be in writing our reviews.

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Brilliant book of tips for the avid book blogger. I learned a lot, especially in regards to structure of the review and the hashtag tips. I would like to see more information on networking for book bloggers in any future updates.

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Excellent advice for we book reviewers, all Netgalley members should read this short book for inspiration.

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Love this toolkit! It is a great resource for bloggers and book influencers! There are lots of tips for both old and new bloggers.

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Great toolkit for new NetGalley users and a great reminder to those of us that have been around for awhile.

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