Member Reviews

I have been a member of the bookstagram community for a couple of years now, and have just expanded my reach into the tiktok realm. This Toolkit is definitely snappy in its advice - and gave me some valuable tips moving forward in these online communities. Some of the advice seemed pretty basic and like fair knowledge, but helpful to have all in one place.
I'm so excited to start sharing more reviews and content, and feel like this Toolkit is going to be super useful to refer back to as I grow my platforms.

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This Book Advocate Toolkit is easy to read and follow, with bright, clean graphics and lots of good information. As someone who’s been reviewing/promoting books for a few years, it was nice to see the things I’m doing right and where I could use improvements. I recommend following the links to the Bookish website for more information – in particular, I found the site’s bookstagram sections and tips on how to take Instagram-worthy ebook photos to offer some very useful advice for me as I’ve been thinking of branching out to Instagram for my book blog.

I look forward to reading future updates to the kit and would recommend it to everyone, no matter where they are on their book advocate journey.

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Great guide for users. I have been reading and reviewing for a bit and I found it quite useful. I will keep mine handy for future reviews. Thank you NetGalley for opportunity to review an advance copy.

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I enjoyed the colorful layout of this comprehensive introductory infographic designed to enhance the Netgalley user experience. After reading this I may decide to expand my reach by tossing my hat into the Tik Tok arena.

I'd like to thank NetGalley for an advanced copy of the Book Advocate Toolkit for my unbiased evaluation. 5 stars

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I enjoyed this easy-to-read and visual toolkit.
It gives great tips on writing reviews, do's and dont's and also highlights the many different channels tl share book reviews. Important! Form your own voice in your book reviews, your readers will appreciate this.
I think future video toolkits would be a great idea. Thank you netgalley

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Very helpful to setting up blogs on various social media formats - I will be taking some of the advice forward in setting up my Wordpress and Bookstagram blogs!

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This was a very informative and helpful little read! I especially found the different tips for different review platforms extremely helpful, as sometimes it's hard to know how to review in various spaces.

I did find I was unable to follow any links listed, and I'm not sure if that was because I was reading this on my phone on the netgalley shelf, but I would have loved to have explored the extra information that was mentioned.

Overall, this was such a big help, even to someone who's reviewed books in various ways on a couple different platforms, and I look forward to putting some of the tips I learned to use!

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Really helpful guide covering a wide range of topics and full of hints and tips of how to get started- essential reading for any new NetGalley reviewer!

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A lovely and informative book, arranged in a clear to read design setting.
I am relatively new to NetGalley and reading books and posting book reviews, so I found this book(let) useful!
An easy read and might come in useful for people who are starting threat reading and online bookish journey.

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Very useful for people who are just getting into review writing. Some things were new even for me, a long time reader and reviewer.

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Nicely laid out bitesize guide with some good tips even for the experienced reviewer. Not all was applicable to me, as I find the very idea of TikTok, etc, faintly exhausting (I'm the old-fashioned Goodreads/Amazon only type) but I'm sure people who do use these platforms will find the advice helpful.

Worth a look.

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This guide, full of practical advices and tips presented in easy to digest form, should be useful to any NetGalley user. I just wish ai could read something like this when I was a newbie, but still it is worth reading even if you are an experienced reviewer.

Thanks to the publisher, We Are Bookish, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book.

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The Toolkit is a great guide to start your online book platform in many forms. As I am only starting my bookstagram and am learning a lot about the platform, my style, how the algorithm works etc, I have found this toolkit to be super useful and packed with great tips how to start. I will probably come to those advices a few more times to create a habit out of them and boost my bookstagram account! Definitely recommend to anyone in the bookish community!

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This toolkit includes several tips for effectively reviewing books and advocating through social media. It was a quick read and the tips seem to be very useful. I'm off to brush up my account and bookish social media.

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What a great resource! This has so many good little tips to help promote books on social media. I will definitely be implementing some of these suggestions.

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What a great little tool. Some tips will be incorporated into my future reviews. Some tips,I’m pleased to see I’m all reading doing. Thanks for this reference guide. I’ll definitely keep it and refer to it!

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This is a really good guide full with tips and information about reviewing books on social media and building your Netgalley profile.

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Excellent overview for readers new to NetGalley or wishing to expand to more reviewing or social media platforms. Brief guid to the various platforms, so you can consider what would work for you, even covering some free editing tools that are widely used in social media. Do’s and Don’ts are also very helpful for those of us who want to avoid putting our foot in it.

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Excellent guide! I enjoyed reviewing the content on what to include and what not to include while writing a book review. Many helpful tips on posting photos and what hashtags to include.

Highly recommend to those just starting out with NetGalley and reviewing books on social media!

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Excellent and concise!

I learned a lot from this guide and would surely use it well. I especially like and love the conciseness and beautiful format of this resource. Thank you!

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