10/10 recommend every NetGalley user to download and read this toolkit. It gives you all the tips and tricks of NetGalley as well as explaining some nuances of the publishing industry that may be new to you. The guide also links to outside videos to help navigate and show more details. Everyone is always stressing over what to have in their NG bio & it's all outlined right here. People also struggle with what to include in their reviews and NG also has it outlined and additional tips on what they are looking for (pg24-26) even if you need to DNF!

This tool lit is super helpful and easy to follow along! It has some amazing tips and I know I will refer back-to-back it when I'm feeling stuck!

If you are new to NetGalley and ARCs, then this is your essential guidebook!

The layout and graphics are fun and easy to follow, very intuitive and visually appealing. The content is super helpful for a newbie or a great opportunity for a refresh if you are a seasoned ARC reader.

Don't start your journey as a professional book reviewer without reading this first!

This was a really useful resource, even though I have done many of things they recommend before reading this. It still helped me improve my account.

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Definitely a must-have guide to NetGalley! As a brand new reviewer, I found myself updating my profile and utilizing the suggested changes as I was reading, so I definitely recommend for people just starting out.

This is so very helpful! It’s definitely something to refer back to if you have any questions especially with DNFing. The graphics are also appealing and there’s no fluff to read through.

As someone new to NetGalley, I found this toolkit incredibly helpful! I refer to it often, and I really appreciate that the platform provides such a useful resource to support its users.

This was incredibly helpful as a newcomer to both NetGalley, reviewing and Bookstagram! Thank you!
Lots of invaluable information and I love that you’re supporting and encouraging the community this way!

Thank you for the end of year download. It had practical tips for optimizing my profile so that I could continue to receive my most anticipated reads. I appreciate the gift and will put it to good use.

NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit by We Are Bookish is a must-read for every NetGalley Reader. It contains helpful information in a clean and easy-to-follow layout. The pacing of the book is perfect for a newbie reader like me. I never felt overwhelmed and even learned a few things! It also has links throughout, so there's no need to search for the resources and forget what you were searching for (yay, for neurodivergent friendly!)

Wow, I wish I would have found this book in the very beginning of my start on this platform. I found it very informative, straight to the point, and helpful. I'll be instituting some changes to my approach immediately.

New to NetGalley? Start here! NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit is the perfect introduction to starting your book reviewing journey. Whether you’re aiming to be the next big thing on BookTok, or have a strong reviewer profile on Amazon, or indeed just love sharing on your blog, there is guidance on how to approach the review platform, make requests, boost your chances of your requests being accepted, and generally enjoy the process.

This is a well-balanced guide that also reminds readers of the commitment they make when receiving an ARC, which is to be mindful of the audience you’re reviewing for here, which is publishers and authors, not the general public, and how to give thoughtful feedback even - or especially - when you either didn’t like the book or didn’t finish it for some reason. Readers aren’t being provided with ARCs for fun: there is an issue expectation that readers will provide feedback that helps with the future marketing of the book, so even negative reviews help define a book’s potential audience ahead of launch.

Some very helpful links in the guide as well - definitely worth checking out the other resources available to step up your game. I suspect this is a guide I’ll be coming back to from time to time just to refresh and evaluate how I’m doing and ensure that I maintain the quality of my reviews.

Being new to NetGalley, I was kind of winging it. This toolkit is incredibly useful for understanding what's expected of me as a reviewer and how to successfully engage with the platform. Thank you to We Are Bookish for creating this guide!

This toolkit is super helpful to get started here. I am now reading and enjoying my first ARC. Thank you so much, NetGalley.

This was super helpful to me as a (fairly) new netgalley reviewer. Thanks so much to We Are Bookish for putting all these great tips and tricks in one pdf!

This is a great guide to help one get started with NetGalley. It gave good examples of how to proceed through every step of one’s NetGalley journey. I especially liked to review tips. This publication will definitely be a well used one for me!

This was helpful in learning more about to find titles on net galley and be approved for more! I would recommend it to anyone just starting out, especially if you are having a hard time being approved!

Very helpful quite to netgalley, but I wish I could read it right after I registered on the platform, as navigation for new users wasn't very intuitive at the time.

This, as well as the social media toolkit, has been super helpful in getting started on NetGalley. Definitely something to check for updates and refer back to every now and then.