
Member Reviews

This was a great handbook for someone starting out in the world of bookish social media. It shares helpful tips and tricks to get noticed and to leave meaningful feedback.

NetGalley’s Social Media Handbook is another awesome tool to level up your reviewing skills by keeping everything organised. This handbook is clear, straightforward, and easy to follow, and it doesn’t matter whether you’re just starting your blog or have been reviewing for years. It’s practical, well created, and actually enjoyable to use. I now relay on it to keep my reviews consistent and polished. Thank you.

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NetGalley’s Social Media Handbook by We Are Bookish is a short, powerhouse guide for anyone looking to grow and polish their bookish presence online. This free guide covers every major platform with tips from creating content, how to engage with the community, making sure that your content are accessible and inclusive for other. What I really loved is getting more tips about creating a content planner and reusing reviews across all my platforms
This handbook was straight to the point and easy to follow. Whether you’re just starting your Bookstagram or you’ve been reviewing for years, this feels like having a personal social media coach in your pocket. It’s professional yet approachable, visually appealing, and actually fun to read. This is now my go-to resource for keeping my content consistent, engaging, and audience-friendly. NetGalley really delivered with this one!

I really love these additional resources that NetGalley has created for us--I really appreciate NetGalley making it available to us. Thank you!

This is a great introduction for anyone looking to get into bookish social media! It is fairly surface level, so it’s widely applicable but the information probably won't surprise anyone with any experience. I do think the dos and don'ts section is great reference material though!

Artfully and beautifully crafted, this guide gives a full breakdown and helpful tips on how to write and present reviews on various platforms for optimal engagement. Useful for beginners and influencers alike.

This is a great tool and handbook for social media beginners. It provides the basics of setting up and using social media to engaging in bookish discussions and reviews.

Great resource to use when you are just starting out writing reviews of books. I was able to take the information from the handbook and apply to my reviews.

This book is as very useful for getting started with social media and trying to gain followers and just general help with all things book review and social media related

I wish I’d had this Social Media Handbook back when I started my Bookstagram account earlier this year—it’s packed with the kind of tips I learned gradually over time. When you’re brand new to content creation, it can feel intimidating, but this resource lays everything out clearly and makes it easy to get started.
The advice applies to any platform, and many of the strategies can be used well beyond NetGalley—whether for improving your everyday photography skills or other creative projects. It’s concise, well-organized, and highly accessible, yet also includes plenty of hyperlinks to further resources for those who want to dive deeper into specific topics.
Overall, it’s a practical, flexible, and inspiring guide that I’d recommend to anyone looking to boost their social media presence, whether you’re brand new or just want to sharpen your skills.

Very helpful for getting started with NetGalley. Appreciate them creating this tool and sharing it with the readers.

I really loved reading this one!!! It's so helpful and it make me a better reviewer. As a former student of social media manager, this book is an enourmous help and whoever made it, it is well structured.

As a new reviewer and bookstagrammer, this little handbook has really helped me to wrap my head around what is best practice and what is expected. I appreciate all the tips and information!

Thank you we are Bookish for putting out this document. I have referred to this a few times and it has been helpful. This document has given me inspiration when I need it. Even though I have been doing this for a little while now I was able to find some things that were helpful.
The general Do’s and Don’ts were a good reminder for anyone whether you are a beginner or a seasoned reviewer. I really liked the parts about social media. I am mainly a blogger and I want to get more into using Instagram and this really lays out what the basics are and it takes some of the stress out of it for me. I feel like I have a place to begin instead of feeling so overwhelmed.

This guide was PERFECT! It was comprehensive and applicable to all social media platforms, with tangible advice that maximizes my own social media presence but how to elevate the books I'm loving. There were some unique takeaways, particularly around tagging authors, that will change my practice on social media. I appreciated that there were recommendations for all platforms. Definitely recommend this to anyone new to the community!

Fantastic social media guide for all levels of book reviewers! With specific advice for each platform, this is a great resource for anyone looking to share their reviews.

Ho trovato questa guida utile! Non al solo fine del libro ma più in generale.
Grazie Netgalley per averlo reso disponibile

This was really helpful and gave me some really excellent tips! Everything was so informative and all my questions were answered, even ones I didn't know I had!

An excellent starting point for beginners—or a great refresher for more seasoned social media users—this guide is packed with practical tips and tricks for every platform. It covers a variety of social media styles, right down to how to style photos for maximum impact. I’ll definitely be returning to this guide often—not just to improve the quality of my reviews, but also to fuel my love of sharing reading updates on Goodreads and Instagram.
A must-read for anyone looking to up their social media game!

The NetGalley Social Media Handbook was very helpful! It’s clear, concise, and full of practical tips I can actually use. I really appreciate having all this guidance in one place.