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NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit by We Are Bookish is a must read for NetGalley users.
This concise guide is easy to read due to it's clear layout and links to further information.
This publication has made my NetGalley experience more meaningful and enjoyable and no doubt I will refer to the toolkit again over the coming months.
Thanks to Netgalley and We Are Bookish for an opportunity to read and review this title. All opinions are my own.

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A great read to get you started! I still have changes I need to make to my profile, but it has given me some great ideas about how to get going and I am getting more ARCs as a result. I think, really, it's all about being social and reading as much as you can! Review review review!!

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This was extremely helpful! Thank you. I appreciated the information on book reviews, social media tips, and other things. I also thought that it was wonderfully laid out, and beautiful to read.

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Loved this comprehensive guide to NetGalley. I've been writing reviews for a while now, but it was helpful to have a step-by-step type of guide to walk through all the aspects of a review, and go over the different platforms and what each platform prefers.

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There are some great tips in this toolkit! Thanks to NetGalley for providing this information on adding substance to reviews and how best to tailor the review for where the information will be posted. I will keep this reference to refer to in the future as I continue my reading & reviewing journey.

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Super helpful! Thank you for this, Netgalley!This is a very handy and helpful guide provided by Netgalley. I felt it was really useful in answering questions to get started on submitting proper reviews.

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I found this guide to be very informative and it is set out in an accessible and engaging way. It also is concise, with quick tips about the format and function of NetGalley, which I have found helpful as a new user.

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This was a really useful and informative resource. I was looking dor something that provides some guidance to a new reviewer and this definitely helped!

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This guide is very useful and it makes expectations clearer. It is always great to improve our reviews.

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Very useful especially for those new to reviewing, as I am. A great primer for getting started on Net Galley.

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A really helpful guide to all things NetGalley full of useful tips and information. Has really helped plan review etc and sparked some ideas on how to develop my blog. A must read for anyone starting out with netgalley.

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My expectations were exceeded in this how to manual for book reviewers. Little did I realize that all the questions I had asked Google about how to review childrens' books and how I could use another reviewer's words or thoughts were all wrapped up in a tidy little book. The Toolkit is deceivingly short at 32 pages mentioned as the it's length. Each page includes several links to more essential information that will help me inspire more people to read more books. Thanks to We Are Bookish and Netgally for providing an eARC of this book. Opinions given are voluntary and my own.

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Lots of helpful information with a focus on different types of content planning and formatting. This was very helpful, thank you NetGalley for putting this together!

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Very useful. Even thought Ive been on Netgalley for a while, I dont feel that I make as productive use of it as I could. This 'kit' is an invaluable tool.

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Great information, I just read and review books for the love of reading. I hope one day more publishers will approve me so that I can have the pleasure in reading newer authors, after stepping away from reading for the past 20 years.

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I found this informative and worthwhile. I am always looking for tips to become a better reviewer and I learned a few new things from reading this book. What a great idea and I think this would be helpful to everyone.

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I really enjoyed this toolkit as I'm fairly new to bookstagram, and still working on getting everything organized/up and running. I think it's awesome that NetGalley put together a guide to help readers get started on social media. As a writer myself, I feel reviews are pretty easy for me, but it was the social media and strategizing sections were very helpful. While I have experience with social media through my full-time gig, it is still a whole new world to me given there are so many intricacies and do/don't rules. I think NetGalley's toolkit is a great jumping off point for those getting started on bookstagram or another social media platform as it gives you little nuggets of information to expand upon as you see fit. I highly suggest taking time to explore this whether you're new or seasoned in the booksta world! Thanks, NetGalley!

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I found this guide very informative. Usually you find guides like this and it's just comment sense. I actually learned a few things! Thanks @netgalley and We Are Bookish!

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This is a great guide for beginner book reviewers. It is easy to read and very informative. Thank you for making this toolkit!

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While I've been writing reviews for the last two years, this Toolkit gave me concrete tips on how to properly form a review. This toolkit also includes tips on the approval process. Overall, it is a great introduction to NetGalley.

I was reminded of the importance of sharing content warnings; this is especially important as I tend to share my reviews with a queer audience. With that, I love the focus on accessibility in the Toolkit.

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