This guide was very useful. I’m new to using Goodnotes and this guide provided great tips on using the app. I look forward to using the Reading Journal.

I'm ready to make this journal my new obsession. Thank you Netgalley for providing such a pretty journal for free and also making this useful User Guide for us!

The guide was very clear and helpful, and that’s coming from someone with NO online journaling experience! The tabs made the PDF especially easy to navigate and find what I needed help with FAST, and the fact that they’re at the top of each page was an unexpected bonus. The little post-its with bonus tips made me feel less intimidated, and reminded me of, well, journaling— love it when the guide echoes the product! And extra appreciation for making it really easy to know which apps are for IOS/Apple vs. Android users, I never seem to pick right when left to my own, ahem, devices.

Super useful guide for using and getting the most out of the NetGalley Reading Journal! The journal makes it so much easier to keep track of and log my reading and reviews. There's lots of great tips and info inside. Big thanks to NetGalley and We Are Bookish for providing the journal and this helpful User Guide!

This guide on how to use the NetGalley Reading Journal made me realize that perhaps a digital reading journal is not the way to go for myself. I will have to give downloading it to my iPad a try, as there doesn't seem to be a way to add fun stickers or images to the pages while using my laptop. We'll see how it all goes...

I appreciate having a user guide for the journal but unfortunately I couldn't get the journal to work on my phone. I'd really like something easier. Thank you for offering this guide for everyone!

This was very helpful in determining how to use this reading journal. Instructions for using on apps were pretty straight forward and easy to follow.

This was very helpful. Thank you so much for including it. The instructions on how to start working with the reading journal cleared up a lot of my initial confusion.

This book helped me to learn to set up my journal on goodnotes. Thank you Netgalley for a free copy!!!

This needs to be able to be used with kindle. It also looked very complicated. I don't need more app but something that syncs them all at once. The popular ones like good reads and biokmory.

This is such a great tool to use. Love all the info that is in this. Can't wait to use these tips. I know that these will help with future reviews

Excellent guide! Clear, concise, and incredibly useful. Thank you for sharing this valuable resource!

Thank you for this guide!! I have never used a PDF journal before so this will be very helpful in getting started.

I recently received a PDF reading journal from NetGalley, and I’m already excited to use it in 2025. The design is clean, intuitive, and thoughtfully laid out, with sections for tracking books, jotting down reviews, and keeping up with upcoming releases.

It feels like the perfect companion for an avid reader – structured enough to stay organised but flexible enough to personalise. I can’t wait to fill it with my 2025 reads and watch my progress unfold. Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys documenting their reading journey!

The NetGalley Journal User Guide is a straightforward resource that helps users get started with their digital journal. It does a good job of explaining how to transfer the PDF journal to apps like Xodo or GoodNotes, making it easy to start using the journal on your preferred device.

However, I noticed it doesn’t go into detail about customizing things like fonts or other formatting options, which might be helpful for users who want to personalize their experience. Including more examples or tips on how to make the most of the journal’s features would have been a nice touch.

Overall, it’s a practical guide that gets the basics right, but it could benefit from a bit more depth in explaining additional features.

Rating: 4/5

This is a nice companion guide to the NetGalley Reading Journal that provides helpful tips for using the journal. It could have been nice to include this information at the end of the journal itself rather than being a separate document but regardless, I'm glad it was created.

This is a helpful companion with The Reading Journal for 2025. The guide shows you how to use the guide on your different devices and apps. Thanks NetGalley and We Are Bookish for the resource.

This userguide was so helpful! I was able to use it to start my reading journal in Goodnotes. It would be so cool to see instructions for Notability as well!

Very helpful for setup of Digital Reading Journal. A fun new way to track my reading.

Very helpful for setup of Digital Reading Journal. A fun new way to track my reading.

This guide was not really helpful not able to get the book to work on my phone. I can not get the file to upload to app to edit it.