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This has some very helpful tips. It’s full of great advice for anyone starting off reviewing in any of the “book-“ communities.

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Thank you Netgalley for this really helpful toolkit! It helped me navigate my Netgalley and how to do everything properly!
Would definitely recommend this to anyone starting off on Netgalley.

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The content in the tool kit is great. I like the breakdown of how the different platforms and the do's and don't tips. I can't think of anything I would add.

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This is a great resource for anyone who is just starting a Bookstagram, like myself! Thank you to NetGalley for providing this!

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Are you ready to start your journey with NetGalley? Or maybe you’re a long-time member looking to take your book advocacy up a notch? No matter where your starting point is, this toolkit is designed to have everything you need to succeed.

From guidelines for creating your member Profile to tips for maintaining a strong Feedback Ratio, these pages are packed with advice for utilizing NetGalley to your advantage.

Once you have a few books on your Shelf, pop over to this toolkit’s review section to brush up on tips for crafting book reviews—even those tricky critical ones!

When you’re ready to share those reviews, this toolkit can help jumpstart your bookish social media platforms and offer suggestions for reviewing and creating content on social.

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Thank you Netgalley for the helpful guide!

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This is a helpful overview of Netgalley. And it did help me figure out how best to navigate this platform and what I could do as a bookseller to utilize it to the best of my ability.

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A great tool with simple instructions for using Netgalley to the full! A must read for beginners.

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Thank you netgalley for this awesome tip sheet! Definitely useful and have used some of the tips already!

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short and synthetic the guide is great for directing beginners to navigate the site with its various content.

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This book is really helpful as a get started guide! I learned some really helpful tips about how to add more detail to my profile, how to engage with publishers, and how to interact with NetGalley in a planned, sustainable way. Thank you so much for providing this resource!

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This was extremely helpful as somehow who recently joined NetGalley. From tips to setting up your profile to what to write in your reviews, this was an insightful read that I will no doubt be referring back to during my journey as a reviewer.

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This was a great introduction to using the site. There are many easy to read and reference infographics to help you get started on your reviewing journey. Unfortunately, I feel it lacks in describing what to put in your bio. As someone new to reviewing books, a sample bio would make things much easier.

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Great guide not only as a NetGalley user, but also for those interested in book reviewing online.

It has great tips for review writing as well as for using social media successfully. It is well structured and clear, with a beautiful desing.

Overall a very comprehensive guide to reviewing books for both work and pleasure :)

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This was a helpful book to getting started on NetGalley but also provided a helpful overview of book communities across social media platforms in a general sense. Anyone getting started on their BookTokker, Bookstagrammer, etc. journey will like this guide. I specifically liked the resources listed. One suggestion I have is to offer a text-only version for better accessibility. I liked the design of this a lot, it was easy to flip through and engaging, but I could see it being challenging with a screenreader. The book did discussion accessibility, too, so I think that's a nice addition, maybe! Thanks for the toolkit, NetGalley. I did not receive compensation for this review and all thoughts are my own.

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The perfect guide for new/inexperienced NetGalley users. I appreciate that NetGalley has these resources available. I was feeling a little overwhelmed when I first began, but after reading through the book, I felt confident enough to start requesting ARCs and start giving out reviews!

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This is incredibly helpful. I love a good infographic so the style of this guide is super easy to digest. It's a great overview I would heartily recommend to anyone getting started reviewing books.

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I'm really new to NetGalley despite having heard about it for years, and after reading this Book Advocate Toolkit I believe it does a good job giving new NetGalley reviewers a rundown on a lot of the basics. The toolkit was able to answer some questions I had about starting up on NetGalley, and it also went over a couple of things that I had also looked up from the site. On the other hand, as some others have mentioned, the toolkit isn't too terribly detailed on specific subjects so it barely brushes on any more in-depth questions that new NetGalley users may have. For example, one question I had was about promoting books through social media (when to do so, can we use cover images, etc.). It was briefly touched upon but left me still needing to look that up from other NetGalley users.

Overall though, it's a comprehensive place to start for anyone who is new to NetGalley and book reviewing on social media and gives the first few steps to help people get started.

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This was a very helpful guide for both new reviewers and reminders for those who have been around for awhile.

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I haven't read all of this book as a lot of the information I needed was already available on the site. Still I have found parts of it useful and will dip into it from time to time.

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I have been a Netgalley member for a number of years, and on having the opportunity to receive this book in return for a review I was excited. Of course I know the basics but I had hoped that the book would provide some new up to date insights in one place.

Sadly, I was disappointed. While this is indeed an excellent resource for a beginner, I found it to be just a signposting pamphlet. The book was just a list of bullet points and links to the authors blog to read more information. All just as easily found by going to the website, via Netgalley, making this book kinda superfluous! Unless the point is to get more readers onto their blog!

It would have been much more useful (to me at least) if the extra content was actually in the book rather than being forced to keep clicking and going backwards and forwards.

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