Nicole @ FYFA To The Rescue! Yes! I have kids so I reviewed a lot of kids books to quickly get my stats up. Basically I was hoping people could chime in with what to put in your bio and how they've had success getting approved. After being approved for a book, you can either download a protected PDF or send the galley proof to your Kindle. As soon as youre ready to share your thoughts, navigate back to the books NetGalley page and click on the purple Give Feedback button in the upper-right corner. While throwing glitter is always awesome, Im not sure theyve implemented that the Edelweiss or NetGalley profile systems yet. Youll receive an email when your request is approved or declined, which usually happens within a few days. When I first started on Netgalley, I really had no idea on what I should write in my bio area. Look through which Categories youve selected, check that your links are working, and reread your Bio. Thanks for this. Now, I have heard that a lot of people do not get approved on Edelweiss! I am honest on my feedback. Thank you so much for this advice! Lets start at the bottom and make it fun! So aim for quality, not quantity. It can be tempting to share information about yourself that you think might help your Profile stand out to publishers, but your linked blog and social media channels are the best way to show off your vibrant personality. Ooh, this is awesome! Oh and another question: are the reviews you post the exact ones from your site or do you shorten them? I review everything I read. A picture of yourself on your NetGalley Profile can help show your vibrant personality to publishers. Publishers are looking for thoughtful, professional reviewers and your Bio is the first taste of your writing that they get. I currently have XXXfollowers. Marking that you listen to audiobooks or are a member of a book club helps ensure you get relevant promotional emailsincluding announcements of newly uploaded NetGalley books, limited time Read Now opportunities, and more. Ive been adding and changing bits ever since and now its pretty similar to yours. Once youve selected all that apply, your request shoots off to the author or publisher. My holiday was wonderful, thank you! Thank you for making this, I have been at a loss for what to write into my NetGalley bio. Use the step-by-step instructions below as a general guideline for customizing the short bio templates above, or write one from scratch. Your Bio can help to give publishers insight into your role and how you can best work with them. If you dont have one handy, snap a quick shot of yourself and a favorite book! I saw that your profile picture updated on Instagram, which I really love! If your bio makes your head swim with the numbers, 99% says its going to make the publicists head swim too! Though its true anyone can sign up to NetGalley as a consumer reviewer, priority book selection is given to bloggers, industry pros, and traditional reviewers at least at first. Details About Your Member Type They all look very good and interesting. If you have a blog or other form of bookish social media, talk about the type of content that you create. There are six member types on NetGalley (reviewer, book trade professional, librarian, bookseller, educator, journalist or member of the media) and publishers have different goals for working with each one. You can find them by navigating to a title's Feedback page or by clicking the purple gear icon on the right-hand side of the Manage Titles page. Im so excited to start using NetGalley! If youve ever wondered how to snag an ARC of a much-anticipated book, or enviously browsed Goodreads reviews of as-yet-unreleased titles, then you may already be familiar with NetGalley. with a book publicist to learn more about the stats theyre looking for. Ive only had done 2 read nows so far (busy with a class until next week) and one I DNFed already. A lot of the time, this is a really easy decision! (My first one was from Berkley (publisher), and I love them, so I was excited.) On the note of scrambling, another separate-but-related point for reviewers is to not request too many books at once. That's why We Are Bookish's Kelly Gallucci interviewed Estelle Hallick, Publicity and Marketing Manager at Forever, about her process for managing requests, and her advice to members looking to improve their profiles. I love dark, unsettling, and weird fiction. Trust book recommendations from real people, not robots . Check out more of our Profile dos and donts here! If you are a bookseller, book trade professional, educator, librarian, reviewer, journalist or in the media, NetGalley is for you! We help book advocates and industry professionals discover and recommend books to their audiences. But as a publisher, were actually putting our books up on Netgalley so that they get in the hands of people who specifically have a career in loving to read people who have become booksellers or librarians or teachers, and who are in a position to affect the sales numbers of a book. [1] [2] Publishers that offer e-galleys include Hachette , HarperCollins Publishers , Penguin Random House , Simon & Schuster , and many others in the US , the UK , Australia . You will find your profile at the top of the dashboard: And then you just fill it out, copy pasting the text into the text box: The rest you will do when requesting the book for the first time, and it will save your preferences for the next time! I don't know about Netgalley but there have been several threads of people asking for Goodreads friends. Step 1. Are there any example profiles available to look at for best practices examples? Maybe you can just add your Goodreads profile? Where I promote and post my reviews are as follows: Blog: I have a book blog called BookBum, started in Jan 2017, where I review everything I read and then post to Twitter. There are six member types on NetGalley (reviewer, book trade professional, librarian, bookseller, educator, journalist or member of the media) and publishers have different goals for working with each one. When she's not working, Kelly can be found color coordinating her bookshelves, eating Chipotle, and watching way too many baking shows. There are six member types on NetGalley (reviewer, book trade professional, librarian, bookseller, educator, journalist or member of the media) and publishers have different goals for working with each one. You can also do a few read now books to get your stats up. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review. , Glad you could use it to update your bio! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, unconditionally and irrevocably in love with romance books. Thank you for these tips. Indicate if you are a member of a professional organization, such as a state or regional teacher's association. NetGalley was developed as an alternative to the production of paper galleys and has since evolved into a key marketing and publicity platform for publishers and authors. Great post, and definitely a useful tip for anyone new in NetGalley, and I think I consider myself quite a newbie there. In my opinion, your Netgalley bio should lean toward the professional over the personal. Takes 30 seco Its an exciting time to be a book reviewer. You can read this interview with a book publicist to learn more about the stats theyre looking for. There are wonderful authors and books that I would love to review. Looking forward to finding some great books. Going to work on my Profiled this weekend. It doesnt even have to be book reviews! Your Bio can help to give publishers insight into your role and how you can best work with them. Im updating my Netgalley right now. Keep requesting - once you get a few approvals and leave reviews on the site, you'll establish yourself and more publishers will approve you. Including important stats about your platforms, such as average monthly pageviews to your blog or social media following, is very helpful for publishers. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. All Rights Reserved. Happy Endings guaranteed. So, start your bio off with a little something about your reading tastes. I just found you! The upshot is that youll start to gain a respectable reputation on those platforms as well, which in turn makes you even more sought-after on NetGalley. Im still trying to figure it all out but Im getting there haha! Book recommendations come in many forms, and its helpful for publishers to see if the books they approve you for may also end up in a listicle, Booktube video, Bookstagram picture, or more! I think they want you to have an 80% review rate? Narrowing it down shows publishers youre serious, and improves your own experience as well; this way, youll only read genres you actually like! BRB, editing my NetGalley bio. This is especially important if youre a bookseller, librarian, or educator who also talks about and reviews books outside of your job. Typos and links that arent working can be a sign of a lack of attention to detail, so be sure to give your Bio a final proofread every time you update it. Which is fine, I don't have a blog or even Twitter, and I have less than 100 GR friends, it makes sense. Reading Preferences: Your Topics - share how you interact with books. Are you an OwnVoices reviewer? Dont: Forget to check publishers approval preferences While your Bio should be professional and succinct, your linked blog and social media channels are the best way to stand out and show off your vibrant personality. , Really useful Zuky no wonder you get approvals all the time , Thanks Nicki and hmm yes maybe Maybe I need to change it so I get declined more because god knows I need to shorten my NG shelf lol, This is so helpful, my bio is crap! About to post my first review on NetGalley next week!! To become a NetGalley member, all you have to do is sign up. Based on that, they can decide you're a juvenile delinquent a person who struggles with their responsibilities, and not grant your request! Your Bio is the perfect place to share this information with publishersas long as youre comfortable, of course! Your email address will not be published. You basically have no time to eat and sleep. Which is why Im not going to just give an example of my profile. I have purchase a few of your books over the years, but lately I have noticed that I have purchased several of your books. Even book-related information like the age you were when you first learned how to read, whether or not you read to your children, how big your book collection is, etc. Your Bio is the perfect place to share this information with publishersas long as youre comfortable, of course! This is very helpful! Glad youre visiting! Along with your NetGalley stats, the information in your Profile is crucial in helping publishers decide whether to approve or decline your request. theres no need for industry connections). But sometimes, its a much harder decision. NetGalley proudly works with publishers and authors, large and small, throughout the world. Look through which Categories youve selected, check that your links are working, and reread your Bio. This is so helpful. You can also connect social accounts to your NetGalley profile, which may be a boon if youre active in the reading/publishing communities on Twitter and Instagram. No worries! I just picked up three this week, The Undertaking of Lily Chen and Boxes and Saints box set. So if you want authors and publishers to like you, make sure you cross-post your NetGalley reviews to Amazon and Goodreads! I have a third one out I havent gotten to yet that looks promising! Do: Share your favorite authors Do you review for Amazon VINE? Great advice as always, Zuky. I had to add HTML codingweird. Im still new to the book blogging world so this will help me out a ton. That said, every book reviewer will face a familiar panic: how Trust real people, not robots, to give you book recommendations. Even with them, I still read the blurb if it's something I know I'll enjoy, rather than pick something just because. Many of the top Publishers and indie presses list advance digital copies of their upcoming . One of the problems I have is that when I try to post my review on Goodreads, I get a message prompt from them stating that they cannot locate the ISBN#.
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