This was a great and informative guide to how to use the reading journal. I especially liked how it detailed which apps could be best suited for the reading journal and how to use each one!

5/5 star rating; Such a cute reading journal, thank you 💗 Very informative and pretty I can't wait to use.

Review: NetGalley Reading Journal User Guide

As someone who loves staying organized while reading and reviewing, I was excited to explore the NetGalley Reading Journal User Guide—and it delivers exactly what it promises: a beginner-friendly roadmap to help readers get the most out of the digital journal experience.

This compact and clearly laid-out guide walks users through the essential functions of two recommended note-taking apps. From importing your journal and uploading book covers and stickers, to duplicating review pages and toggling between writing and viewing modes, each step is presented with clarity and simplicity. Even if you're a total novice when it comes to digital journaling, this guide never feels overwhelming.

One of its strongest points is its usability: concise instructions, helpful visuals, and a structure that makes it easy to jump to the sections you need. I especially appreciated the focus on customization that empowers users to make their journals feel personal, practical, and aesthetically satisfying.

That said, this is a utility-focused guide, so it won’t appeal to those looking for deep reading material or creative inspiration. But as a tool designed to support NetGalley users, it more than succeeds in its purpose.

Thank you, NetGalley, for providing this guide for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

This is was a helpful guide on how to use the reading journal. It went into each part which was helpful for someone like me who never used one before,

This guide was very helpful in explaining the reading journal and how to go about using it. I also appreciate the tips on using Goodnotes.

The layout is very helpful in intuitive, and it also helps with using the journal. It was very easy to navigate and to understand.

This is an amazing and thorough guide for any book reviewer who wants to get organized! I appreciate We Are Bookish and NetGalley for providing this resource as to how to use the reading journal on multiple devices, and the way that they explain everything step by step. I highly recommend any reviewer that wants to download the reading journal (also available by We Are Bookish) to read through this guide first. I feel like I am set up for success now and that I can better my book reviewing experience.

This was great at helping me try to figure out how to use the Reading Journal digitally. I don’t have the right device for it, but if I did, I’d totally know what to do!
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This user guide is exactly what I needed to get a better feel for Goodnote!! I appreciated the thorough Frequently Asked Questions section, and that it was quick to find what I was looking for when I needed a reference. Thank you so much for making this resources!

Thank you for making this easy to find and download. It will help me remember the guidelines and what not to do.

I'm surprised that I have to review the user guide.Being new to it makes me concerned that NetGalley is going to be complicated to use. The guide is written well and informative.

Helpful in educating users on using Netgalley app and reader. It assisted me in familiarizing myself with the use of Netgalley which made it so much easier to get aquatinted with the amazing review and arc application.

ery nicely done, helpful to frequent users as long as you pay for the application needed. I don't use it because while you indicated that there is no fee, the platform needed does require a fee.

Great & convenient! Such a lovely collection. I'm looking forward to trying this to its full potential.

Very informative, I found the document helpful so that I could use the digital journal effectively. Looking forward to starting to use the reading journal going forward

Helpful and straight-forward! I've been looking for a way to track and display things a bit better. Going to give this a try

This user guide explained how to use the reading journal. It was well written and informative. A very helpful and helpful guide for those who need extra help setting up a journal.

Well explained! This has made the process of journaling and keeping track of my NetGalley reads so much easier.

I enjoy having a digital journal to document my reading. This is certainly a massive up from the haphazard notes I’ve taken on my tablet in years past. The QuickStart guide is easy to use and the themed pride stickers are so fun and functional!

Thank you for creating a general use guide for your Reading Journal, a perfect companion. Perhaps in the future, maybe add a section that can tell you how to take this off of our shelf so that it does not affect our reading ratio, so that it can be our choice to give feedback or not. Thank you for doing the research for free apps to use with your awesome pdf! I will definitely need to look at those YouTube videos.