
Member Reviews

Very helpful with posting on my social media and with posting reviews on there and other platforms. Descriptive on the dos and don’ts with planning content, accessibility, using canva, and using hashtags. Will be something I will forever be able to look back in for tips.

Very useful guide for new and existing social media content creators and influencers! Definitely useful for me, as I am not only new to reading and reviewing, but to social media as well.

This was such helpful introduction to bookish media. I've been interested in beginning booktok for a while so it was nice to have all of this advice in one place!

The Handbook is a fantastic resource for anyone looking to boost their bookish social media game. Packed with practical tips for platforms like Instagram and TikTok, it offers clear guidance on creating engaging content and connecting with fellow book lovers. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your online presence, this handbook is a valuable tool to have in your arsenal.

Great resource for members of netgalley. Thank you for this social media handbook. I will be referring back to it often to improve my ARC reading journey

Definitely something I wish I had gotten when I first started using Netgalley! Very informative with many tools to help you succeed in using this platform along with your social media.

I wish this was available when I was first starting out! Or maybe it was and I didn’t see it? Who knows. I love how simple this is! It explains everything and give great tips while not being overwhelming. I feel that’s the most important key here. I TRIED to do research when I was first starting out (I’m still fairly newER) and was overwhelmed with the information I was finding everywhere. This handbook compiles all of the key points in everything I researched and makes it easily comprehensible. I love this. If you’re brand new to all of this. Start here if you can!

This is another super helpful and valuable toolkit for reviewers on NetGalley. I have revisited it multiple times in the past few days and will continue to do such for the foreseeable future. Even if you only post on GoodReads, this will still be incredibly useful.

It’s very informative to the book community and how to use. My favorite is that it’s not telling you go this platform or this and lets you understand that every platform is different. The Do’s and Not to Do is very important!!! Overall I enjoyed it.

Great tips! Thank you for the handbook, it is really helpful as someone starting on Bookstagram and Booktok! It also has great tips for Goodreads and Storygraph or any other review platform.

This handbook serves as a wonderful guide to NetGalley users who want to become more aquinted with using social media. It includes some general information about social media in general which is helpful for anyone who doesn't have any experience using social media but would like to learn the basics.
I personally found the section focused on sharing book reviews on social media the most helpful. I really appreciated the tips on what to include in social media book reviews compared to reviews written for NetGalley.
I was so happy to see a page of this handbook dedicated to accessiblity. Accessibility is immensly important in connecting with others on social media and ensuring that one's social media content is inclusive to all readers. I will definitely be implementing the tips on accessibility for my own social media.
This handbook is an incredibly helpful tool that I would recommend to new and experienced social media users.

This is a very useful guide, with lots of helpful tips and advice on how to get the most out of your social media platforms when posting reviews.
As a user of several platforms, it has certainly given me food for thought, and given me ideas to improve my content.
A valuable resource.

This was helpful for social media and how to engage more people onto my page while ensuring posts are well thought out.

This was such helpful introduction to bookish media. I've been on booktok for a while but it was nice to have all of this advice in one place!

Thank you to NetGalley and We Are Bookish for this resource!
I have been thinking about ways to share my book reviews from NetGalley, and this is an incredibly helpful guide on how to do just that.
I appreciate how this guide breaks down the most popular ways to share book reviews so that readers/ reviewers can determine which platform might work best for them. I also find the tips on how to adapt reviews for different platforms and how to optimize viewership to be helpful. This guide has given me a lot to think about. Please keep making these helpful tools!

A fantastic resource for book reviewers! The tailored tips for each platform make it easy to create engaging content, and the extra resources are a great bonus for building your online presence.

Social media can feel like screaming into the void—except the void sometimes screams back, and now it wants to know your stance on enemies-to-lovers vs. second-chance romance. "NetGalley’s Social Media Handbook" is here to help book lovers, reviewers, and aspiring influencers navigate the chaos with practical strategies, platform-specific tips, and the occasional please, don’t do this PSA. If you’ve ever stared at your Goodreads, Instagram, or TikTok and wondered how do I make this fun instead of a stress spiral?, this guide has your back.
Written by the team behind "We Are Bookish," the book covers everything from crafting engaging content to understanding the dark sorcery that is the algorithm. It’s a quick, easy read packed with straightforward advice—how to optimize your posts, build an audience without selling your soul, and avoid common pitfalls (no, aggressively tagging authors in negative reviews is not a pro move). While it won’t turn you into an overnight BookTok sensation, it does provide a solid foundation for anyone looking to grow their presence in the online book community without losing their mind in the process.
At 4.5 stars, "NetGalley’s Social Media Handbook" is a well-organized, no-nonsense resource for book reviewers and bloggers who want to up their game. It won’t hold your hand, but it will point you in the right direction—so you can spend less time doomscrolling and more time doing what actually matters: reading the books on your TBR instead of just posting about them.

A very well organised and engaging social media handbook provided by NetGalley.
I often struggle with handbooks, particularly as they often contain mountains of unnecessary information and seemingly endless paragraphs of instructional material. This handbook however only presents succinct, well set out and engaging information for the reader. I especially found the bookstagram content useful as my social media of choice. Flew through all 25 pages with ease. Highly recommend as a starting point for those wanting to increase their social media engagement.
Thank you NetGalley for the resource.

I adored this social media handbook. Reading is one of my beloved hobbies and as a complete introvert, this guide is well-structured enough to facilitate how I communicate. Highly recommended guide for any NetGalley reviewer.

This is a great comprehensive guide to assist reviewers in combining your NetGalley reviews with social media. I highly recommend getting this as a reference for all reviewers.