A short, succinct guide with everything you need to know to get started on NetGalley. This guide has a beautiful layout, with links for further information. Awesome tips! Definitely read this before you even request your first book!

Reviewing can be hard to start. I know I struggle with it, and I know many others do too. What to say, what not to say, how to say it. It's something to wrap your head around. NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit gives helpful advice to beginners. While generally broad advice, I know I will apply advice from this guide and would recommend it to my friends too. I will continue to watch for content from We Are Bookish!

If you're new to NetGalley or just looking to boost your chances of getting approved, the NetGalley Toolkit is a must-read. It gives a clear, step-by-step breakdown of how to set up your profile, what publishers are looking for, and how to write thoughtful, effective reviews.

I found it super helpful—it completely took the stress out of figuring out where to start. The toolkit helped me understand the importance of my reviewer bio, how to share my reach and platform, and how to stay professional while still being true to my bookish voice. It even includes tips I hadn’t thought about, like keeping my links updated and revisiting my profile regularly.

Whether you're a blogger, bookstagrammer, or just someone who loves shouting about great books, this toolkit makes it easy to feel confident about requesting ARCs. Highly recommend it to anyone starting their NetGalley journey or wanting to level up their reviewer game!

How does NetGalley work? but how to review? Publisher what wants? Human not understanding?
Well if you like me at some point where absolutely lost on the review business, worry not, Mr NetGalley is here to save the day with this short book of how to be profficient in NetGalleying
Instructions manual for new reviewers, loved it.

Very very useful - supported my book advocacy immensely! I found the sections on how to review particularly useful.

This is a very well laid-out and helpful guide to using NetGalley, and navigating around the website. As a beginner to the site I found it very useful when helping me set up my profile, including what kinds of things to put into my bio, which I would not have added otherwise. I will definitely be referring back to it in the future whenever I need to update my profile.

Great tips and hints to getting approved for ARC’s. Thank you NetGalley for making this guide available to help ensure my reading addiction.

Brief refresher that includes helpful tips on using the #NetGalley platform, promoting reviews on social media, and drafting reviews generally.

This was concise and provided an excellent overview of ARC reading on NetGalley as well as tips for more experienced ARC readers. I wish I had read this earlier and I am looking forward to reading some of the links to outside articles.

I'm so glad that NetGalley has this particular book. Some time last year I had decided I wanted to be a bookstagrammer or booktoker. This guide helped me hone in on my skills

This toolkit is the secret weapon I didn’t know I needed! Imagine stumbling into a library where every book is a cheat code for mastering NetGalley… that’s what reading this felt like! As a newcomer, I appreciated how it didn’t just toss generic advice at me but actually explained the *why* behind the strategies.

The section on crafting a profile that publishers notice was a game changer. I went from guessing in the dark to understanding exactly what makes a request stand out. And the review templates? Suddenly, structuring my thoughts became effortless, like someone handed me a map after I’d been wandering without one.

What I loved most was the emphasis on consistency. It’s not about churning out reviews but building a genuine presence, and the toolkit breaks that down into manageable steps. After applying just a few tips, my feedback ratio improved, and I started feeling like part of the community rather than someone just hoping for approvals.

If you’re new to NetGalley, treat this like your first must read ARC. It’s short, direct, and packed with the kind of insider knowledge that usually takes months to figure out. I’ll be keeping this one close whenever I need a refresher!

This toolkit is so usefull to start using NetGalley! I'm still very new to all of this, so I regularly check it.

Very helpful guide on how to write reviews for books. Definitely recommend to people who are new to writing book reviews.

Quick to read toolkit that gives you the 411 on all things NetGalley. Highly recommend this for all newbies.

Great toolkit for NetGalley beginners! It had all the instructions I needed to get started and easily navigate the platform.

Thank you, NetGalley! This is a wonderful resource to help improve our usership on your website and establish great relationships with your partnering publisher.s I have this bookmarked for easy review as I read my current and future galleys.

Thank you NetGalley for creating this toolkit. This was a very informative toolkit... I wish it had been provided BEFORE I was able to apply for any ARCs. Without knowing the ins and outs of how this work, I did just what the toolkit warned against doing (put out a bunch of requests assuming I wouldn't get approved for very many). Now that I know that, I am working hard to get through my list and post reviews so that my ratio is good.

Great resource for starting out. This had some wonderful tips on reviewing books that can go further than just netgalley.

This book was very helpful! As a new NetGalley user I have been struggling trying to learn ways to get approved to read and review books and this guide made it very easy. There are tips on what to include in your bio, how to access books, navigating the site and more. Highly recommend starting here if you’re a new user and want to build a profile that will help you!

This is a great informative resource for those of us who are new to Netgalley. It's written clearly and succinctly, and the page layouts are neat and crisp. The graphic design is simple but eye catching and just lovely.