ARCs - Requested/Denied

[Kelly]

lol you're not crazy or I guess I'm a bit crazy too since I started tracking my books in a spreadsheet to have an excuse for listening to an audiobook ^^ But yeah I do wish they would give us the info they have

[Aly]

Yeah, I'd love some of this info because certain publishers it seems like no one I know gets approved

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "Yeah, I'd love some of this info because certain publishers it seems like no one I know gets approved"

Ooo yes. I would love to see that

[Ruthie]

I'm going to try and use connections to get more.

When I was sent The Dead and the Dark ARC it came directly from St. Martin's press through email and gave me a netgalley link in the email. So now I'll search directly for St. Martin's press and I'll email them the one's I've requested or if I got rejected. For example, I got rejected for Namesake so I emailed just to ask if there was a possibility and they sent me a google doc to fill out. Not guarenteed but still promising

Here's the google doc: https://forms.gle/8GDspjC4VoGquw5z7

Also, I got Lava Red Feather Blue from Central Avenue Publishing and then a member of the publishing team has been sending emails when the books are published and I responded to the email letting her know that I posted the book cover to my bookstagram even though I haven't read it yet. Then in another auto email they were letting me know about another new release The inkeepers daughter so I just asked for a copy and she sent me one! So I'll prob search NetGalley for Central Avenue publishing too now that I've built a relationship

You should check the email you have linked to NetGalley periodically to see if you have any emails. Even "newsletter" "publish date" emails might lead to further connections

[Ruthie]

Oh and check the back of the ARCS because on the last page of the Brambles ebook there was a link to sign up as an early reviewer, I signed up for it so now I'm on a preferred list for the next one after Thorn and she sent me her other indie published books

[Aly]

Great information Ruthie! I've joined author ARC teams because I email the address given at the end

[Alaina]

lmaaao I just got an email from a publisher and it was like "I hope you are enjoying the book!" .. meanwhile I never got the book and it's under pending in NetGalley... and it was published last month lol.

[Aly]

Alaina wrote: "lmaaao I just got an email from a publisher and it was like "I hope you are enjoying the book!" .. meanwhile I never got the book and it's under pending in NetGalley... and it was published last mo..."

Oh geez HA

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "Alaina wrote: "lmaaao I just got an email from a publisher and it was like "I hope you are enjoying the book!" .. meanwhile I never got the book and it's under pending in NetGalley... and it was pu..."

lmao I was like.. thanks? but I never got the book.

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

Alaina wrote: "Aly wrote: "Alaina wrote: "lmaaao I just got an email from a publisher and it was like "I hope you are enjoying the book!" .. meanwhile I never got the book and it's under pending in NetGalley... a..."

Wow that’s some cruel unusual punishment lol

[Ruthie]

Alaina wrote: "Aly wrote: "Alaina wrote: "lmaaao I just got an email from a publisher and it was like "I hope you are enjoying the book!" .. meanwhile I never got the book and it's under pending in NetGalley... a..."

Hopefully, they will send it to you!! now that you told them you didn't get it!

[Alaina]

haha I just got the book!

[Kelly]

I'm done with my spreadsheet of my Netgalley arcs and it turns out that Bloomsbury and Simon & Schuster never accepted any of my requests (8 and 23...) so I'm going to stop completely requesting their books :/

I also saw that Houghton, Macmillan Children, Macmillan Tor/Forge, Penguin YA are pretty much the same as the two above.

Berkley, Blackstone and Entangled are so-so around 40% of approval.

Inkyard, Bold Strokes, Kensington, Orbit, Random House, St Martin are my BFFs (between 84-100%)

[Aly]

Wow, that's great information! I want to make one like that too so I can see

[Kelly]

Aly wrote: "Wow, that's great information! I want to make one like that too so I can see"

I'd love to hear about your results if you do end up doing one :)

[Alaina]

Ooo we should do a shared spreadsheet! That way we all know who doesn’t approve who

[Kelly]

Alaina wrote: "Ooo we should do a shared spreadsheet! That way we all know who doesn’t approve who"

I'd love that (but I suck at making shared ss)! I didn't use to pay much attention as to who is the publisher behind a book so now I'll be able to manage my expectations better when requesting.

[Alaina]

Yikes, okay, I just did mine.. it's all kinds of awkward and I need to stop requesting arcs from a lot lol.

So, it looks like I should stay very far away from the following:
Disney Book Group
Sourcebooks Fire
Macmillan-Tor/Forge
Berkley Publishing Group
Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Inkyard Press
HarperCollin's Children's Books

**I only added publishers where I had 10+ rejections and only got approved like 1 time from them lol**

It also looks like I have about a 50/50 chance at getting books by Random House Children's.

I also would most definitely get a book from the following:
Entangled Publishing LLC,
St. Martin's Press
HarperCollins UK
Harper Audio

[Kelly]

I'm surprised you dont have good results with Inkyard Press.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "I'm surprised you dont have good results with Inkyard Press."

Every book I've requested was denied lol

[Alaina]

Got rejected for these two:

[Aly]

Okay, how did you guys figure out your stats on NG for the different publishers?

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "Okay, how did you guys figure out your stats on NG for the different publishers?"

Here is the spreadsheet that I worked on. I didn't do a lot of math because my brain was tired over the weekend. It still is lol.

EDIT: lmao I should probably add the link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Kelly]

I love the "a stupid chapter thing" ^^ Mine looks like that too, I just added a column with the approval ratio. I also made a spreadsheet with my pending requests with the approval ratio next to the publishers name to see which one I would probably get or be denied

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "I love the "a stupid chapter thing" ^^ Mine looks like that too, I just added a column with the approval ratio. I also made a spreadsheet with my pending requests with the approval ratio next to th..."

LMAO thanks I added that because seeing those made me angry all over again because when I requested the book NetGalley didn't state that it was a stupid chapter and not the whole book. I was livid when I opened them.

[Alaina]

Ooo I could add pending..

[Aly]

Haha I agree about the chapter samplers. I got the Lore one and was so pissed.

Thanks for the SS Alaina! I made a copy to fill in my own stuff.

Did you guys just go through your approved/rejected and look at the publishers?

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "Haha I agree about the chapter samplers. I got the Lore one and was so pissed.

Thanks for the SS Alaina! I made a copy to fill in my own stuff.

Did you guys just go through your approved/rejecte..."

haha you're welcome! I hate samplers.. they make me so angry. Also, yes, I did do that. I feel like I'll do a big update over the weekend and add a tab for pending and updated approved, reviewed, and rejected as well.

[Kelly]

Yeah, I had to go through them one by one, it took a bit of time.

[Aly]

Okay I didn't go through all my books but I got a big sample I think.

I'm likely to get a book from Random House Children's, Wattpad, and Harper Audio.

50/50 from St. Martin's and Entangled.

I've never been approved for Harper Collin's Children, Simon & Schuster, and Inkyard (of the 120 I went through)

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "Okay I didn't go through all my books but I got a big sample I think.

I'm likely to get a book from Random House Children's, Wattpad, and Harper Audio.

50/50 from St. Martin's and Entangled.

..."

So it's safe to say that we need to stay away from the same three publishers lol

[Aly]

Inkyard says they require a blog of 6+ months with 1000 followers and that's not happening so I'll quit trying for them.

Harper Collins has rejected me at least 39 times so fuck them LOL

[Kelly]

Aly wrote: "Inkyard says they require a blog of 6+ months with 1000 followers and that's not happening so I'll quit trying for them.

Harper Collins has rejected me at least 39 times so fuck them LOL"

I definitely don't have a blog of 6+ months with 1000+ followers that I know of ahah but I guess I'm just very lucky with them (requested 12, accepted 12)

HarperCollins Children surprised me but not in a good way

[Aly]

Kelly wrote: "Aly wrote: "Inkyard says they require a blog of 6+ months with 1000 followers and that's not happening so I'll quit trying for them.

Harper Collins has rejected me at least 39 times so fuck them ..."

Definitely lucky! They must like your reviews :)

[Alaina]

UGH SO LUCKY KELLY! I'M JELLY!

[Ruthie]

I'll add mine to the spreadsheet when I get a chance. This is good to know so we can start requesting the ones that actually approve us lol

[Alaina]

Got rejected for

[Alaina]

Declined:


Pending:

[Aly]

I want Blessed Monsters so bad

[Alaina]

Aly wrote: "I want Blessed Monsters so bad"

SAME! I wished for it but I saw that it was available to request on NG now

[Aly]

I hope we get it!

[Alaina]

Same! I got one and two from netgalley. I will be devastated if I don't get the third one

[Ruthie]

Its the last day to request

I requested it and got it. If you request it give me your NetGalley email address because I have developed a relationship with the publisher and I can shoot her a quick email that you requested it and that we read ARCs together so she can approve you.

[Kelly]

I saw on Edelweiss, it's not on Netgalley just yet but I'm going to wait to request it there. I really hope I get it but it's Sourcebooks (I have 31% of approval from them) so we'll see..

[Aly]

Ooh I love that cover

[Melanie]

Kelly wrote: "I saw on Edelweiss, it's not on Netgalley just yet but I'm going to wait to request it there. I really hope I get it but it's Sourcebooks (I have 31% of approval from..."

I desperately want this book. I'm counting on it going onto Netgalley since I have a great approval percentage (89%) from Sourcebooks Casablanca.

[Alaina]

OMG I WANT!

[Kelly]

Is anyone interested in ? The audio is available to download. I'm not a huge fan of WWII books but I'm debating.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Is anyone interested in ? The audio is available to download. I'm not a huge fan of WWII books but I'm debating."

I have that book lol!

[Ruthie]

Kelly wrote: "Is anyone interested in ? The audio is available to download. I'm not a huge fan of WWII books but I'm debating."

I'm not sure if I'm interested either. When would you want to listen to it?