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OMG I feel like I've won a lottery! I just got approved for Hidden Huntress and I requested it only because I really wanted it but I tought I had no chance at all!Stolen Songbird is my favorite read of 2015!
Tati, I'm happy you got it too!
Tati wrote: "YES! Got Hidden Huntress!!!"Me too! Wanna buddy read it? :)
Irena wrote: "OMG I feel like I've won a lottery! I just got approved for Hidden Huntress and I requested it only because I really wanted it but I tought I had no chance at all!Stolen Songbird is my favorite r..."
Oh, I think we should buddy read it, Irena! along with Tati. What do you think?
Tati wrote: "I'm up for it!"Can you do it tomorrow? yeah...I'm that eager :D
Yep! Tomorrow works for me! I'm also dying to read that book!
Tati wrote: "Yep! Tomorrow works for me! I'm also dying to read that book!"Yay! I'm gonna make its thread, and will inform you in a minute.
Sorry girls, I won't be able participate in a buddy read tomorrow because I'm going on a short trip tomorrow morning and I simply won't have enough time. I'll read it at my own pace then ...
Irena wrote: "Sorry girls, I won't be able participate in a buddy read tomorrow because I'm going on a short trip tomorrow morning and I simply won't have enough time. I'll read it at my own pace then ..."Ah, too bad. But I think we can still discuss it, even though we read at different pace :)
Enjoy your trip, Irena!
Thanks Rachmi! I'll definitely check the thread when I come back on Friday and discuss it with you guys. You'll probably already be done with it by then, though...
Edelweiss:Harlequin:
Sourebooks:
Random House:
I won't even bother requesting, so there's no need :)
I got approved for The Secrets She Keeps. I'm so happy because I didn't think I would but I requested it anyway couse I wanted to read it.
Guys, there's something I noticed: since I uploaded my picture in the profile I feel like I got more approvals.
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@Irena it could be to show you care about how your account looks like, you are building your profile, not there for the one book to get it over with. Heck, I'd trust a profile with a picture more than one without. More welcoming, unique and such.
@Irene Aha! I feel like that sometimes but I always give it a go. May as well! :)@Irena Good for you! I hope I do too. Updated on Netgalley or Edelweiss?
@Rachel On Netgalley. I don't have Edelweiss account so every book I post I got is via Netgalley.
@Irena I thought so! I didn't think Edelweiss had account pictures so I got confused. :)
So I just was declined by Entangled Publishing, they said in their email via NetGalley that there are two criteria for approving requests: 1) does the requester have stats listed in their profile, and if so 2) have they reached their reviewer quota for that title yet? What I want to ask you guys is what does stats listed in reviewer profile mean? I already include how many friends I have in GoodReads, how many followers I have in my blog (not much, though) and etc. Doesn't it count as stats? or it isn't enough for the publisher?
Rachmi wrote: "So I just was declined by Entangled Publishing, they said in their email via NetGalley that there are two criteria for approving requests: 1) does the requester have stats listed in their profile, ..."Same here!
Rachmi wrote: "So I just was declined by Entangled Publishing, they said in their email via NetGalley that there are two criteria for approving requests: 1) does the requester have stats listed in their profile, ..."I'd think that was enough, but I have no idea if that's correct or not. I think it depends on the publisher...
Some publishers also wanted number of page views and comments (though I didn't put any). Sometimes, they need specific number of followers, too.
I think so too, Irene. But it's quite confusing for me whenever they decline and stated their reason. I feel like what I already put on my profile isn't enough :D
It could just be that they're out of arcs or that they don't think you have enough followers :) Or you just didn't get lucky. It's kind of a lottery from time to time ;)
Marga wrote: "Some publishers also wanted number of page views and comments (though I didn't put any). Sometimes, they need specific number of followers, too."Page views and comments? I never heard of it before. It'll take a lot of effort if I put it on my Bio because it means that I have to update it regularly, right?
I think most of publishers indicate what they're looking for in a blog. But yeah, sometimes you just got lucky. :)
True! I tend to avoid big publishers because they often decline me or publishers that almost always decline me in the past. But then once in a while I just can't help myself if I really want to read books they have :D Just like five minutes ago, St. Martin's Press approved my request of
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Rachmi: if you update your page views and other stats every other week or every month it should be enough.
Jackie wrote: "Rachmi: if you update your page views and other stats every other week or every month it should be enough."The problem is I rarely update my bio, maybe once in three to four months :D Because there isn't much differences in each month. But I think I'll try every month now, as you suggested.
@Rachmi A lot of publishers want average monthly views (on your blog) and ave. comment numbers. It helps them to see if you get a lot of publicity. The higher your stats, the more likely you'll get approved. I update my bio once every three months or so and leave a "updated last: [date]" comment at the bottom so they know how recent the stats are. :)
@Rachel, It makes sense, I think. Do you just write your average monthly views and comment numbers in your bio just like you write how many followers you have on your blog?
@Rachmi I think in this case they reached the number of arcs provided via Netgalley. I'm not sure though but in my case I don't have any stats on my bio but I still got approved by them.
It could be differen kind of criteria though because I view books manly to find ones that could do well in my country.
I do review them and I still don't have book blog (but I will have pretty soon though) and if you look at my profile my stats are not that impressive at all.
@Rachmi Yes. I just add those stats to my bio. @Irena I agree. I only have my stats on my Edelweiss account. My Netgalley one is pretty bare.
Irena wrote: "@Rachmi I think in this case they reached the number of arcs provided via Netgalley. I'm not sure though but in my case I don't have any stats on my bio but I still got approved by them.
It could ..."
Yes, I think in my case it's mostly because the number of arcs they provided. It's just that stats thing is new for me.
At first, the main thing that I have to keep in mind is the ratio. And I always try to keep it in at least 80% but then it doesn't guarantee my approval either. I guess I'll never know which one they approve or decline :)
1) I got my first auto-approval, not a big publisher. But still. Its something to me :)2) Im trying my best to raise my read-to-review ratio as high as I can, but yesterday I got like 6 long waited approvals and now I am filled to the brim.. and then there are the library books *looks at the stack*. Being a biblio-addict is a pain.
3) But it has been growing.. almost 60% on NetGalley, and 100% on Edelweiss (I only got two books there).
4) I wish that when you got declined, they were more specific why. Instead of emailing us an entire list, couldnt NetGalley/Edelweiss offer like a multiple choice thing? I just want to know why when I dont get approved.
5) What do you just mean by stats on your bio?
6) I have a book blog, but I kinda gave up on it. I bookstagram though, @fishThatReads :)
Number 4 is actually a pretty good idea that wouldn't take too long for the publishers.
Thanks, Abbie! Would like to read
with you :) It looks good!
Irene wrote: "Thanks, Abbie! Would like to read with you :) It looks good!"It does look good, and has such a pretty cover!
I'm pretty much completely free apart from the GBR's, but I can't do saturdays. (11th, 18th, 25th) Do you have a date in mind? :)
I can do today, 10th, 12th, 15-17th, 19th, 21-24th, 26-30th. So yeah, pretty open as well. You decide :)
Irene wrote: "I can do today, 10th, 12th, 15-17th, 19th, 21-24th, 26-30th. So yeah, pretty open as well. You decide :)"How's the 12th, then? :)
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@Tati Lucky you! I have been meaning to read