Thanks for creating this packet! This is a great way to help readers out of reading slump and find new ways to engage with books.

I always read a lot over the summer because work tends to slow down but I love having this additional challenge / way to keep track of books. I hope they do one for the fall and winter because a couple of my friends are doing this one too and it’s so much fun comparing how we’re doing.

I'm really enjoying all of the challenges to come from this pack! An excellent way to keep me motivated with my reading over the summer months and a good way to help boost social media presence for those of us with a smaller platform :D
Looking forward to taking part in the activities throughout the month.

Camp NetGalley offers a unique and engaging series of activities for book enthusiasts throughout the month of July. Designed to be enjoyed from the comfort of your home, the event unfolds over five weeks, each with its own themed activity.

While I appreciate the convenience and flexibility of participating in this online event, I feel that some of the activities could benefit from a more social aspect. For instance, Week 1's bingo and Week 2's sticker downloads are enjoyable, but they are primarily solo activities. Introducing more interactive elements, such as group discussions, virtual meet-ups, or collaborative challenges, would enhance the sense of community and make the event even more engaging.

Despite this, I found the overall structure of Camp NetGalley to be well thought out and varied. The scavenger hunt in Week 3 adds a fun and dynamic twist, encouraging participants to actively engage with NetGalley's social channels. The revamped Book Advocate Toolkit in Week 4 is a valuable resource for readers looking to improve their book advocacy skills. Lastly, the Talent Show in Week 5 provides a creative outlet for participants to showcase their talents and earn a badge, adding a sense of achievement to the experience.

In summary, Camp NetGalley is a delightful event that offers a mix of activities to keep book lovers entertained throughout July. While the event could benefit from more interactive and social components, it remains a fun and engaging way to connect with the NetGalley community and enjoy a variety of book-related activities.

Here are some events that I feel like NetGalley would benefit for next year's event!
1. Virtual Campfire Kickoff: Host a live virtual campfire session with authors, book influencers, and NetGalley staff. Participants can join via video chat to discuss their favorite books, share stories, and ask questions.|
2. Collaborative Reading Sessions: Organize live reading sessions where participants can read and discuss a selected book together in real-time.
3. Camp NetGalley Book Club: Launch a Camp NetGalley Book Club with a different book for each week. Host weekly discussions and activities related to the book.
4. Writing Workshops: Offer writing workshops led by authors and writing coaches, focusing on different aspects of writing and book reviewing. Organize a short story or review contest.
5. Camp NetGalley Talent Show: Encourage participants to showcase their talents related to books, such as book-themed art, cosplay, or dramatic readings. Host a live virtual talent show where participants can perform and the audience can vote for their favorites. Provide prizes for the top talents.
6. Daily Social Media Challenges: Post daily prompts on NetGalley's social media channels encouraging participants to share their bookish photos, videos, or thoughts using a specific hashtag. This increases engagement and builds a sense of community.
7. Buddy Reading Program: Pair participants with a reading buddy for the duration of the camp. Buddies can discuss their reads, share reviews, and support each other.
8. Interactive Workshops: Host virtual workshops on topics such as bookbinding, creating bookish crafts, or designing book covers. These can be led by experts and provide hands-on learning experiences.
9. Author Meet-and-Greets: Schedule live virtual meet-and-greets with authors of featured books. Participants can ask questions, learn about the writing process, and get personalized recommendations.
10. Reading Challenges with Milestones: Create a reading challenge with specific milestones and rewards for participants who reach them. This can include badges, exclusive content, or entries into a prize drawing.

These are all great ways to not only increase engagement, but also show off NetGalley to more individuals! This would be so fun to do, especially with Indie authors! <3

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What a fun idea! Loved the Bingo list and plan to find books for all the prompts! Looking forward to the rest of the summer camp activities like creating Mt banner with the reading journal stickers!

Some suggestions for next year would be book mark printables or something similar, and social media post prompts that we could post each week.

Thanks for this fun packet! A fun bookish packet for bookish people! This has me feeling like I'm in some type of book camp for real but virtual!

Thank you for hosting Camp NetGalley and making reading a fun social space! My favorite part about Camp NetGalley is engaging in a shared reading event with others who love reading (bingo boards, social media, badges for NetGalley profiles, etc.). I think allowing readers to earn badges is a fun way to encourage one another to share reviews we're proud of.

Keep up the great work, NetGalley Team! Also, KUDOS to the graphic designers for this launch. The colors are popping and the artwork is so pretty!

Thanks again,
Chrissy
aka - DaydreamerCEO

I would encourage making camp more interactive! Encouraging readers and authors to connect, maybe through hosting live chats on social media and more post challenges, the bingo prompts were all over the place and made me not want to participate in those. I also think a month is too long, 1-2 weeks would be the sweetspot for this kind of campaign.

Such a fun little activity to do with NetGalley! I don't think I will be able to join in this summer, but this was fun to look through. It is well put together and the graphics are great!

This is a wonderful idea to bring together a community of book readers via NetGalley. I love the bingo and look forward to seeing the weekly challenges! I think for some healthy competition and camp vibes, the camp would benefit from a more interactive approach where participants could update the bingo/challenges online directly and win pages (a set number of pages could equal a book badge).

I think this is such a fun idea. I have always loved doing summer reading as a child and love that I can continue to do that as an adult. The bingo challenge is my favorite thing about this. I hope you do more things like this.

This is such a fun way to get involved with other users on Netgalley. So often I feel like I hit a reading slump mid summer and don't get to interact with other Netgalley users.

Great tool to make the most of your summer reading! I'm excited to get involved in all the special events.

I love this idea! Camp NetGalley Welcome Packet is full of fun activities for the month of July. NetGalley is the best! Thank you for making reading fun!

This is such a cute idea! It's a nice way to add a cute little activity to some reading this summer. I'm super excited to participate in this for the month of July!

I enjoyed this so much! All the cute fun activities and opportunities to earn badges for your accomplishments. I just love the idea of it and look forward to completing them as I go along this month!

It's a cute fun summer reading activity! July is a busy month for me, but I thought I'd give it a try.

Camp NetGalley was a lot of fun. I really loved doing the Bingo. July is always a heavy reading month for me as I am officially on summer break so I am able to get lots of reading in. Sometimes it is difficult to pick what I want to read so the Bingo made it a lot of fun as I tried to get Bingo in as many ways as I could. I love that each week there is something new to do. I also like that it is pushing me to become a better reviewer through the Book Advocate Toolkit. This is a fun way to kick off the summer.

Camp NetGalley is a nice booklet with accompanying events during July 2024. My work and summer events schedule ended up being too busy for me to participate as much as I wanted, but it's a grand idea. I love reading Bingo, and I'd love to see some Christian fiction related tasks. The board could definitely use FEWER woke and politically correct tasks. Reading is a lot more fun when the game isn't focused on playing politics.

I love this idea! It is great to be a part of NetGalley and Camp NetGalley brings such a fun sense of community to us readers! I love the intro template you created, and the optional games like Bingo. Creating a Talent Show is a great way to get reviewers to "up their game" and show off what they do best! Thanks for making NetGalley an ever better place!