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This was a short, easy read with helpful tips for those getting started on NetGalley, like myself, with information I expect I may come back to and review in the future.

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This was a great way to learn more about how to properly advocate for books and I will take this advice moving forward.

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Net-Galley’s Book Advocate Toolkit is an organized collection of actionable steps and tips to improve the book reviewing and influencing of the Net-Galley members. This 32 paged guide provides initial tips to develop in Net-Galley, book reviews and social media strategies. What are the tips to improve in Net-Galley ? How can you develop the content of the book reviews ? How are you going to be a talented book influencer ? Find out when you read Net-Galley’s Book Advocate Toolkit.
The structure of this toolkit is really well organised while providing information under relatable and concise categories with easy flow. It provides links for more ideas. This is visually attractive, colourful and creative. The language is simple which supports quick understanding and memorability. “Find your voice” (p.11) is one of my favourite quotes of the booklet which empowers me even today.
This has the style of a picture book and a guide book, and it provides a very positive vibe. This book will help many book reviewers and book influencers to thrive in this field by their useful, honest, sincere tips. This is an enjoyable read too. I wish I had these type of “short note type” books when we were schooling.
I would have liked to see more details about downloading the books.
Considering everything I have said, I rate Net-Galley’s Book Advocate Toolkit 5 out of 5 stars. All book reviewers, book influencers and all Net-Galley members whom are interested in levelling up their activities and outcomes in this field are the ones I recommend reading this guide.
Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book from Net-Galley. All thoughts, opinions, comments, and interpretations are my own and bias free. I did not receive any money in exchange for this review. Thank you Net-Galley to allowing me the opportunity to review.

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This book was very helpful and informative about the workings of NetGalley. Thank you for sharing all the knowledge, tips and tricks, and understanding. I will be referring back to the links often to refresh and gain insight for requests and reviews.

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What a helpful little guide! It was great to have all this information presented in one place, with such nice visual graphics.
I will definitely be referring back to this guide.

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Great book! This Toolkit is full of very useful and easy to understand information. Thank you, NetGalley!

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Useful book for preparing to write more in depth reviews and better support authors. It was a great addition to my repertoire.

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I found this book to be very helpful. Not only did it provide insight into how to make my profile attractive to publishers, it also included insight into making my social media posts more enticing to followers. I definitely recommend the book to anyone that wants to improve their reviews.

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A great resource for book reviewers and content creators on using netgalley. I love that it's a living document and will be updated as needed.

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I don't know why I have not downloaded this a long time ago. This is very handy and useful when requesting any arcs from the publisher.

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A useful guide that I will refer to again, I’m sure. I primarily read it to find out the disclaimer required by the FTC. I would have liked to have more than one example. Note: I couldn’t copy the text from the book, which was a minor frustration.

All in all, a good guide. Thanks to NetGalley and WeAreBookish for providing it.

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This is a handbook for NetGalley best practices, and it was extremely helpful! I learned a lot from it and I will refer back to it often, I’m sure!

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NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit serves as a comprehensive guide for authors and publishers looking to navigate the complex landscape of book promotion and reader engagement. With its practical resources and actionable tips, the toolkit equips users with the knowledge they need to effectively promote their books and connect with their desired audience.

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This Toolkit is full of very useful and easy to understand information. A helpful guide on the use of NetGalley. Thank you, NetGalley!

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The NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit was a huge help to me. After finishing my first e-ARC I felt unsure of myself and a little lost. This book took me step by step through the process and I was able to post my first review with a lot less hassle.

It is a very quick and easy graphic read with external links for more tips and advice.
The book handles everything from signing up to requesting books and they give specific advice to different types of reviewers.

It give you tips on the following:
• How to write book reviews
• Critical reviews
• Audiobook reviews
• Promoting reviews on social media
• Blogs
• All the social media platforms
• Strategizing
• Content Planning and tips

This book will help me to improve the quality of my reviews for all future books including my ever growing TBR.
A huge thank you to Netgalley and We are Bookish for a copy of this e-book in exchange for this honest review.

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Easy to read and a fun creative way to receive informative information about how Netgalley works! The colors and infographics were cute and easy to read and gave me all the information that I needed in order to successfully write reviews for the arcs that I read or listen to.

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Man, I should have come across this little guide first! It’s very useful. There are a lot of things popping up, from how to use this website to how to improve your bookstagram. The use of color and the overall design is extremely pretty too and the information is very well organized. Will definitely refer to this guide over and over again!

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Great comprehensive resource on using NetGalley, including tips, book reviews, social media, and strategizing. I found the book review tips and social media information especially helpful. I wish I'd had this resource ages ago! Thank you, NetGalley!

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This guide is very helpful to a newbie to NetGalley. I've learned a lot about reviewing and promoting upcoming books. It is very clear and concise, and it provides a lot of good information, advice, and tips. The graphics are very appealing and the set up and flow of the guide makes it easy to find specific information.

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It was really helpful to have all the information in one document.

Would recommend it to anyone who it thinking of doing any reviews.

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