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This booklet is not only about NetGalley, it’s also full of useful tips about creating your social media presence, which will help you to get approved for arcs.

Read if you want to know:
- how to use NetGalley to your advantage
- how to write book reviews
- how to navigate bookish social media
- how to promote your reviews
- and more!

The toolkit itself is a very short read but there are plenty of useful links included.

Enjoy!

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Great introductory to how NetGalley works and how to leverage promotion on various social networks. Very easy to get through and follow. I would definitely recommend this for those are just starting out.

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Helpful, especially for how to review a book, which I'm not really good at, and being sent arcs of books helps me get better with that.

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This was very helpful! I am excited to start reviewing books more thoroughly and being able to provide feedback in more efficient ways.

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The Netgalley Book Advocate Toolkit is a great guide for book reviewers on how to maximize content creation to advocate for the books you review. It covers the basics of how to use Netgalley, how to write reviews, and how to maximize strategy on different platforms, such as blogs, Bookstagram, Booktube, and BookTok. This is a very useful guide.

Thanks to Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

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Really helpful guidance that I would be delighted to see come automatically preloaded to netgalley shelf accounts!

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The guidelines provided in this book are invaluable. The review section is particularly helpful. It offers great advice for bookish social media platforms and creating engaging content. It's like having a personal guide; not only to NetGalley, but reviewing as a whole.

This should be sent in a welcome e-mail when signing up. I needed to be told "Avoid the request spree." 😂

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Thank you Net Galley for the guidebook on becoming a book advocate. I appreciate the helpful suggestions that are simply explained in this guidebook. I feel that I understand more fully the process for participating in Net Galley community.

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This is a must read!
Don’t even attempt to request books until you have read this exceptionally well written guide book to NetGalley. The layout is user friendly with attractive graphics and bullet points:
*. Love bullet points
*. Bullet points work
*. Bet these stand out in my review!
There are links to more detailed articles, which will help you to maximise your chances of being accepted by a publisher to review. Full of Dos and Don’ts.
So DO read this guide and DON’T forget to have fun!

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This was a really useful toolkit in order to organise and develop my accounts and advance my review technique.

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Very useful guide, don't know why I didn't download it sooner! Have used it for the tips on writing reviews and using hashtags for my most recent reviews.

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Very useful for writing reviews. Helpful, informative, concise. Has helped me become a better reviewer

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This is a great introduction on how to get started on netgalley and bookish social media channels and write reviews. I liked that it included links to read more in depth about different topics. My only critique is that I wish I had known about this sooner! It would have been even more helpful when I was new to the platform.

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Very useful guide and should be highlighted to new members to help them with reviewing / content creating

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This toolkit was extremely helpful and the content is really useful for new reviewers that love to read and honestly want to help with their reviews the authors.

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5 ⭐️

I would say this should be the first auto-accepted title when someone signs up for an account.

Useful information for those just starting out and those already in the game.

Covers most of the basics in plain English for a multitude of platforms so it is easy to understand.

I do think more emphasis needs to be placed on reading the acceptance email and acknowledging NetGalley and the publisher.

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Good information on setting up your netgalley account as well as tips on the different social platforms.

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A short, informative walk through how to use NetGalley, "NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit" aims to walk members new and old through how to make the most of the various tools at their disposal. As a new bookstagrammer, I great appreciated the section on social media. I found the toolkit easy to follow and full of useful tips and tricks. I can't wait to see how I can positively impact publishers, authors, and my fellow readers by utilizing these tools.

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As a novice NetGalley reviewer, I really appreciated the information in the Book Advocate's Toolkit. It is well-organized with easy to understand graphics and quick tips and suggestions for writing reviews and sharing on social media platforms. After reading the information, I feel more prepared to start sharing my reviews!

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This booklet is an excellent starting guide for anyone who wants to learn how to use NetGalley and review books. It's simple, concise and extremely helpful.

I really appreciate how the book is divided into simple parts going from the starting steps to a section on review methods and tips for reviewing strategy. It makes it easy to understand and navigate through the booklet. I'll definitely come back to this whenever I'm about to write a new review. I strongly recommend reading this booklet to anyone starting to review ARCs or people who run a book centered blog. Thank you NetGalley for providing such an useful tool to new reviewers!

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