ARCs - Requested/Denied

[Ruthie]

Declined:



curling in a ball and crying

[Aly]

Awh I'm sorry!

[Alaina]

...and declined on Edelweiss for the following:


I seriously don't like this website because all I do is get rejected.

[Kelly]

They don't want us to br those books :(

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "They don't want us to br those books :("

CRUEL PEOPLE!

[Aly]

Same! The only books I've been approved for are those that anyone can read without requesting. Stupid website

[Aly]

Alaina, the sequel to Guild is out!

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "Alaina, the sequel to Guild is out! "

OMG YES! BR?

[Aly]

Yes! This weekend?

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "Yes! This weekend?"

HECK YES! I need to know what happens with the commander!

[Aly]

Alaina wrote: "Aly wrote: "Yes! This weekend?"

HECK YES! I need to know what happens with the commander!"

Same!!!

[Aly]

Declined:

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "
Declined:


[bookcover:Better Tog..."

Aw.

[Aly]

I requested Better Together and was immediately declined. Within 30 seconds :(

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "I requested Better Together and was immediately declined. Within 30 seconds :("

Rude AF.

[Aly]

I know! Like at least give me hope for a day

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "I know! Like at least give me hope for a day"

Meanwhile we still have pending books that have been published already lol

[Alaina]

Got rejected for

[Kelly]

Alaina wrote: "Got rejected for "

Me too. And also among others. I'm going to go edit my post to see where I'm at.

[Aly]

Stupid NetGalley ugh

[Alaina]

I only saw one email but it wouldn't surprise me if I got rejected for more lol

[Kelly]

Aly wrote: "Stupid NetGalley ugh"

To be fair, if I was accepted for everything I would be overwhelmed and wouldn't read/review every book x)

[Aly]

Yeah, you're right

[Alaina]

Got rejected for these:

[Aly]

:(

[Kelly]

I got the audios for & . I think you have them too Alaina? :)

Got accepted for
Got rejected for

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "I got the audios for & . I think you have them too Alaina? :)

Got accepted for
Got ..."

HECK YEAH I GOT THOSE AUDIOS GIRL! When do you want to BR?

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: ":("

I give up. I'm no longer requesting ANYTHING until I get my ARCs approved down.

[Kelly]

Ahah, I don't know, February 1st and 6th?

[Kelly]

Alaina wrote: "Aly wrote: ":("

I give up. I'm no longer requesting ANYTHING until I get my ARCs approved down."

But clicking that request button is so easyyy

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Ahah, I don't know, February 1st and 6th?"

Sounds good to me lol

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Aly wrote: ":("

I give up. I'm no longer requesting ANYTHING until I get my ARCs approved down."

But clicking that request button is so easyyy"

True.. but my rejection is so high.

[Alaina]

Here they are:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kelly]

At least we don't have a rejection/approval ratio lol that one would be impossible to improve. (thanks)

[Aly]

I agree Alaina, I've gotten so many rejections that I think I'll work on completing ARCs for now

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "At least we don't have a rejection/approval ratio lol that one would be impossible to improve. (thanks)"

DON'T GIVE NETGALLEY IDEAS

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "I agree Alaina, I've gotten so many rejections that I think I'll work on completing ARCs for now"

haha yeah - I have like 56 for NG and 5 for Edelweiss.. so I think I'm just going to read those when I'm in between BR's. Luckily for me, some are BR's this month and some are next month.

[Aly]

I say I'm not requesting more, then I get approved for lol

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "I say I'm not requesting more, then I get approved for lol"

lmao, they knew you were talking about them..

[Melanie]

Alaina wrote: "Kelly wrote: "At least we don't have a rejection/approval ratio lol that one would be impossible to improve. (thanks)"

DON'T GIVE NETGALLEY IDEAS"

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Netgalley does actually show this information to publishers when you request something.


Help page on Netgalley showing what publishers can see about users requesting, which includes "View the member's approval percentage: how many times they have been approved vs. how declined, by all publishers."

https://netgalley.zendesk.com/hc/en-u...


On this help page you can see a screenshot which shows two ratios, one for approval percentage and one for feedback percentage.

https://netgalley.zendesk.com/hc/en-u...

[Alaina]

Melanie wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Kelly wrote: "At least we don't have a rejection/approval ratio lol that one would be impossible to improve. (thanks)"

DON'T GIVE NETGALLEY IDEAS"

I hate to be the bearer of bad ne..."

Yeah.. but I don't see that.. because that would make me sad.

[Alaina]

..but in a way it would also be helpful so that you don't request books from a certain publisher if they are constantly rejecting you.. ya know.

[Melanie]

Alaina wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Kelly wrote: "At least we don't have a rejection/approval ratio lol that one would be impossible to improve. (thanks)"

DON'T GIVE NETGALLEY IDEAS"

I hate to be the ..."

Yeah.. I figured out what mine would be at one point and it was just depressing.

[Kelly]

I had no idea!! And I had to calculate mine.. and if I didn't mess it up, I have 41% rejections 59% approvals

[Kelly]

Alaina wrote: "..but in a way it would also be helpful so that you don't request books from a certain publisher if they are constantly rejecting you.. ya know."

I should do that instead of always trying even though I know I'll get rejected 99 times out of 100 for one specific publisher..

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Alaina wrote: "..but in a way it would also be helpful so that you don't request books from a certain publisher if they are constantly rejecting you.. ya know."

I should do that instead of always ..."

SAME but I never look at who the publisher is. I just see a book and I want it lol. Dangerous stuff.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "I had no idea!! And I had to calculate mine.. and if I didn't mess it up, I have 41% rejections 59% approvals"

Wow, not bad! I need more coffee before I do more math.

[Kelly]

I'd love to be able to click on a publisher (or to have a page dedicated to this) and see how many books we requested from them, how many were accepted /rejected, how many we gave them feedback etc but there's zero information available to us. I know I would focus on certain publishers depending on the numbers.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "I'd love to be able to click on a publisher (or to have a page dedicated to this) and see how many books we requested from them, how many were accepted /rejected, how many we gave them feedback etc..."

Yeah same! Then I can just wait till it's get published and not even try to request it.

[Melanie]

Kelly wrote: "I'd love to be able to click on a publisher (or to have a page dedicated to this) and see how many books we requested from them, how many were accepted /rejected, how many we gave them feedback etc..."

I do wish there was a way on the site to see that.

Because I'm crazy, I have a spreadsheet where I track everything for my Netgalley books. So I can get the information but it takes work on my end when they could just show us since they clearly have the info.