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This book provides a very helpful guide to improving your profile. Complete and with infographics. Thank you!

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Helpful guide with infographics to maximize your online presence through NetGalley and other book platforms. Quick, accessible read.

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We Are Bookish has issued a helpful and informative guidebook for NetGalley reviewers. It is well put together and provides plenty of advice related to reviewing, whether on websites or through social media. It will make a great reference tool for reviewers. NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit has my recommendation.

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Great format and all the info you could want to get started on social media channels.
Very well curated and concise, there is nothing that I found that could be added to this.

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This is a book about how to be better at sharing the word and building a social profile for book reviewing. It's more for visual learners, and it has links. 

I'll be using some of the recommendations given and will begin working on my reviews. But I do know that each platform is extremely different and people are more likely to feel better on one than the other. It has suggestions for almost all social media platforms and websites, so if you want to start brand new, this is a very helpful guide for making the best book review platform you can have.

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This guide to book reviewing is very helpful! I took a lot of notes and can’t wait to try some of these tips out!

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This was very helpful and informative for starting a book focused social media. I think it was able to take a few things away to help implement in my reviews! Definitely helpful before requesting ARC books!

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This was so helpful! I found suggestions like, don't post quotes because they can change, so helpful because I never thought of that! Thanks!

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NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit is such a helpful resource. When I first started NetGalley a year ago, I this would have been invaluable information to help me get started. I appreciated the additional tips regarding writing reviews (especially for books that weren't for me!) and tips for posting reviews to various social media platforms. I will be recommending this toolkit to anyone looking to start a NetGalley account, or those who are hoping for a refresher. I'm thankful all of this information is in the same place.

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Great suggestions and tips for new reviewers and readers on NetGalley. Definitely a must read before requesting titles.

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Excellent reference for reviewers. It was very helpful and easy to read through. As someone who is newer to the book review world, I appreciate having this. I love being an advocate for books I enjoy, which is why I decided to join NetGalley in the first place. It brings me joy to share books with others. This is also helpful for people who may not be very ingrained in the publishing world.

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I am a longtime constant reader and aspiring bookseller, eager to maximize my ability to advocate for all things literary. This guide is concise, modern and essential for any newcomer to the book-advocacy vocation. Teeming with practical advice, I am confident the Toolkit will be a helpful reference for me during an exciting journey to more effective book advocacy. Thank you to NetGalley for making available a guidebook that has a little something for everyone who wants to spread the word about the books they love.

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Always go back to the basics! If you are just starting out in book reviewing, NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit is a great resource. The experienced reviewer can benefit by brushing up on the essentials. Not only does it help you examine how you are performing, this kit sparks ideas for improving your organization and avoiding the dreaded reviewer “writer’s block”.

I am contemplating creating a blog and this is where I found the most to think about. Anyone interested can find pointers on attacking various other social media outlets such as BookTok, Bookstagram, and Booktube.

NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit is a wonderful resource for just about any reviewer to utilize.

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We Are Bookish, a subsidiary of NetGalley have just released the NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit. This is a great compilation that is well put together advising you on how to get the most out of your NetGalley account and some really helpful tips.

Especially useful for those new to using netgalley and experienced users alike. This toolkit helps you to write those critical reviews, and to know what kind of things publishers are looking for.

When you are ready to share your reviews, NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit can help you jumpstart your bookish social media accounts, if you have them or want to set them up and offer suggestions for creating content.

It’s short, around 30 pages, concise and a good read full of information, tips, and trips. Would highly recommend this very user-friendly toolkit for all NetGalley users as a great resource.

Thank you to We Are Bookish and NetGalley for a copy of this guide which is available to all NetGalley accounts as a read now option.

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We Are Bookish, a subsidiary of NetGalley have just released the NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit. This is a great compilation that is well put together advising you on how to get the most out of your NetGalley account and some really helpful tips.

Especially useful for those new to using netgalley and experienced users alike. This toolkit helps you to write those critical reviews, and to know what kind of things publishers are looking for.

When you are ready to share your reviews, NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit can help you jumpstart your bookish social media accounts, if you have them or want to set them up and offer suggestions for creating content.

It’s short, around 30 pages, concise and a good read full of information, tips, and trips. Would highly recommend this very user-friendly toolkit for all NetGalley users as a great resource.

Thank you to We Are Bookish and NetGalley for a copy of this guide which is available to all NetGalley accounts as a read now option.

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This guide was only moderately useful for me - I’ve been with NetGalley for some years now, but I feel there are still some things I can learn. In its favour, the manual reads easily. I would have liked more tips on “will not give feedback” - how it affects one’s profile, and so on.

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Useful guide overall with tips on how to write reviews, navigating different platforms and not go on a request spree (something that most of us are indeed guilty of doing)! Thanks Netgalley!

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Thanks for putting this together, it was really great. I’ll be referring back to this quite a bit! And it has a ton of beneficial information.

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I really liked this! A lot of it was information that I read originally when starting my NetGalley so I think having it all in one location is really handy, especially for folks new to the platform. I loved the accessibility tips, and the different ways that social media is described.

One thing I struggle with is knowing what social media stats to put in my NetGalley bio and what to write, so I wish there had been more examples of those. A few sample bios would actually be really helpful - not sure if those are already on the NetGalley blog, and if so, linking directly to those would be helpful! I think including information about where to find social media stats per publisher, and some common examples would be helpful.

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This guide was very helpful I learned a lot of new information to help me while I am reviewing and promoting wether it’s on Instagram or Twitter. I definitely recommend checking this out if you are just getting started.
Thank you NetGalley!

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