FREE BOOKS - What You Need to Know About NetGalley!

[@mikalas_nook]

Ohhhhh YES this is the video i needed!!!!! Taking notes 📝 😅❤🙌💯 Oh my gosh i had no idea there was a "read now" category for some books where you didnt have to wait for approval 🤯🙌 Also YESss the badge "must collect them all" mindset is real ❤😅 I know im not utilizing net galley to its full potential so this is so helpful. I just created one a few months ago and only actually finished one book through net galley but never put my review in! I obsessivly manage my goodreads and write reviews for everything so i dont know why i find it like so much extra work to just copy and paste to netgalley 😅 (I felt the same way about the bandit queens that it took me a minute to get into it but i was so glad i kept pushing through because it ended up being one of my favorites of the year! ❤️💖)

[@bookloverlaura]

It’s so satisfying seeing your ratio climb up! I need to be better about getting my reviews over to Goodreads and other sales websites. So glad you enjoyed The Bandit Queens! You’ve inspired me to give it another go!

[@WillGraham-uv1ol]

Omg ty for teaching me how to filter by category on read now yayy i didnt know we could do that

[@bookloverlaura]

Glad I could help!!!

[@oswintardis]

Thank you so much for this information!

[@bookloverlaura]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AliDoisRead]

I didn't even know there were badges until just now! And weirdly, that makes me want to review more books 😂 I went ham when I made a net galley and have only read about 5% of the books I've requested 😅but they still approve me for some, and I feel like I'm stealing hahaha. Oh wow, didn't know Carola Lovering was coming out with a new book!! You are now my NetGalley idol 🙌 When [if] I ever get to 80%, I'll thank you in my speech 😂

[@bookloverlaura]

Hahaha I’ll be looking forward to that! 😂 I feel like joining NetGalley and immediately requesting a ton of books is everyone’s MO 🤣 it’s just like this whole new world of books opens up and I need them ALLLLLLLLL

[@ubr-mtv8702]

Why? Why? Why? Why? A "review" means nothing. I want potential customers to read my reviews. It appears that these reviews happen in the vacuum (circle jerk) of of netgalley, none of which are potential customers (book buyers)...so am I just hoping that one of these netgally members will be "Mr. Big" from Wayne's World who will order 10,000 copies of my book for his arcade chain? And if Mr. Big does not review then buy 10k copies of my book, it just gets bashed or celebrated within the closed circle of netgalley? I say again, why?

[@bookloverlaura]

I’m confused about what you are saying/asking. Most if not all NetGalley reviewers don’t post solely on that platform. My reviews are posted on Goodreads, Instagram, and my channel in addition to NetGalley.

[@dawnaiello]

I think it would be amazing to hear about how you grew your initial following on Bookstagram! And any tips you have to increase your following considering how Instagram is currently operating. Next month will be my 2-year anniversary on bookstagram and I have about 2.2k followers which is amazing, but my growth is definitely slow and my engagement isn't super consistent. I haven't found the magic combo for success yet!

[@bookloverlaura]

I’d be happy to do a video about it! My engagement has definitely slowed down some, but I also attribute that to spending more time working on my KZbin. Congrats on 2 years! 🥳

[@dawnaiello]

@@bookloverlaura Awesome! I'll look forward to it!