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[Niharika✩]

Aashi wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "I was about to say introducing queen Aashi. . ."

Please check page 131"

. . ."

We are already friends. . ."

what I meant was, you're visiting the nook. . .asking for advice. . .from Queen Trisha. Only fitting you're queen too.

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

you're most likely going to get approved (at least at the very beginning) for books that have less reviews and available from small presses, so try those out first

[Hershey]

Trisha wrote: "take advantage of the read now and listen now books (there's quite a collection these days) and read and review them to build up your review ratio"

So I can't keep avoiding reviews... got it!

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "Hey Trisha! I hope you remember me...
I am thinking of getting NetGalley and I know absolutely nothing about it so advice?"

Of course I do!!

So no hopes for City of ..."

no, i'd say you have a good chance for that one, one of my firends, i htink it was ritz, got it as their first netgalley arc

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "I was about to say introducing queen Aashi. . ."

Please check page 131"

. . ."

We are already friends. . ."

what I meant was, you..."

queen trisha?? XD

[Hershey]

Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Aashi wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "I was about to say introducing queen Aashi. . ."

Please check page 131"

. . ."

We are already friends. . ."

what I meant was, you..."

there can only be one queen

[Hershey]

Trisha wrote: "you're most likely going to get approved (at least at the very beginning) for books that have less reviews and available from small presses, so try those out first"

How long will it take until I get good books?

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

and what i'd especially say is to request stuff and mark stuff as wish for it even though you have a less chance, because a) you might get approved easily because you're just starting out and can control your ratio with little effort, and b) any wish for it books that become available for request are listed in the weekly checklist email that we get from netgalley (subscribe to this if you have disabled it, it's pretty useful)

[Hershey]

Trisha write: no, i'd say you have a good chance for that one, one of my firends, i htink it was ritz, got it as their first netgalley arc

How do you get approved for the book? What criteria do they check?

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

and don't lose hope if you get denied, it gets very very easy to get approved as you go along (cue me with 96 approved titles and around 40 read, which means i am very much behind)

[Hershey]

Available for request? What do you mean by that?

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "you're most likely going to get approved (at least at the very beginning) for books that have less reviews and available from small presses, so try those out first"

How long will it..."

it really depends on what kind of books you're going for,....in general i think it's harder for one to get fantasy books by large presses and extremely popular romances, but even slightly smaller presses will most likely approve you

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Trisha write: no, i'd say you have a good chance for that one, one of my firends, i htink it was ritz, got it as their first netgalley arc

How do you get approved for the book? What criteria do th..."

how regularly you read and review, your review ratio, how much outreach you have (firends and followers) whether you have a book blog, whether you have an instagram, twitter, youtube, etc, and it helps if you have a good mor eor less professional looking bio

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Available for request? What do you mean by that?"

if you go to the book page, there will be a button saying request....sometimes this isn't there and there might be either a wish for it, or a read now in it'ss place

[Hershey]

So the more popular reviews I write, the more easy to get approved? Not counting fantasy ofc

[Hershey]

I don't have any blog or social media nor am I going to get one but does it drop my chances even in later stage?

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

my current bio looks like this:

I'm a regular reader and reviewer on GR and my blog, and love YA, Adult, Fiction, fantasy, Chick Lit, Romance, Historical Fiction (mainly romance) and Retellings. Primary genres are Romance and Fantasy.

I write a review for every book I read, though I do wait a day or two before publishing it.

My favourite authors as of now are Sarah J Maas, Rick Riordan, Robin LaFevers, Minerva Spencer, Beth O'Leary, Sally Thorne, Marie Lu, Maxine Morrey, V.E. Schwab, Margaret Rogerson, Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black, and Mackenzi Lee.

Blog: https://trishadoeseverythingbutstudy2...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
E-mail: [i've removed it here because i don't want to put it on gr for everyone to see because this is a public group]

My social stats:
-Blog
--60 followers
--360 average monthly page views, with 500 last month
--170 average monthly visitors
--50 average monthly comments
--80 average monthly likes

Blog Viewers break-down:
-Most from the USA (30%)
-India is a close second (28%)
-Canada and Sri Lanka are the next highest and worthy of note (11% and 6% respectively)

-Goodreads
--330 friends
--90 followers
--#9 best reviewer in India
--#10 top reviewer in India

[Hershey]

Among Request, wish for it, read now... which is the best option?

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "So the more popular reviews I write, the more easy to get approved? Not counting fantasy ofc"

no, not necesarily, you just need to have outreach....though i will say this, the biggest criteria they consider is definitely the review ratio, so it doesn't really matter how good of a review you write, though i'm pretty sure popular reviews will make a difference

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "I don't have any blog or social media nor am I going to get one but does it drop my chances even in later stage?"

again, it will depend on the kind of reviewere the publisher is looking for

[Hershey]

Wow, the bio is professional

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

say you're requesting a book, say this one which i requested just last night because i have the text version, but i'd like the saudio if available: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/boo...

[Hershey]

Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "So the more popular reviews I write, the more easy to get approved? Not counting fantasy ofc"

no, not necesarily, you just need to have outreach....though i will say this, the bigges..."

More followers is an important criteria... whats the minimum followers thats I should have?

[Hershey]

Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I don't have any blog or social media nor am I going to get one but does it drop my chances even in later stage?"

again, it will depend on the kind of reviewere the publisher is look..."

Will the publisher look for only one person or a group

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Trisha wrote: "say you're requesting a book, say this one which i requested just last night because i have the text version, but i'd like the saudio if available: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/boo..."

where it says the publisher name, bookouture (which is a publishing house that approves a lot of my requests, so i like them, along with entangled), click on it, and it will take you to the publisher page. there you can click on publisher prefernces and see what they like, in this case there's nothing there so i picked a bad example, so i'll piuck another one

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

so this is kensington, a publishing house that approved my request for a letter to three witches: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/pub...

their approval prefernces are:
Kensington’s approval preferences for NetGalley

Kensington reserves the right to accept or decline requests on a case by case basis.

**Please note that Kensington is using NetGalley for publicity and marketing purposes only.**

Your request will likely be approved:
• if you already receive printed galleys from Kensington.
• if you are a regular reviewer and you include information about the publications you review for as well as links to some recent reviews
• if you are a librarian who includes information about your ALA membership or other supporting material in your bio


Regarding bloggers:
• Blog should be updated daily or almost daily and have a significant number of followers
• Blog content must be relevant to the book being requested (e.g., a science fiction blogger requesting a literary novel or a YA site requesting a political nonfiction title is unlikely to be approved)
• Requesters *must* include a link to their website/blog
• Requesters *must* include information about their “reach.” For example: the number of unique visitors or how many comments are posted each month, the number of Twitter/Facebook followers, or how many reviews are posted each week.
• Requesters should have *above average means of spreading the word about books*. (Reviews on sites such as LibraryThing, GoodReads, and Amazon/BN.com are not sufficient.)

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Among Request, wish for it, read now... which is the best option?"

read now gives you the book instantly, request means a publisher will either approve or decline your request (you'll get an email in any case) and wish for it is a near no chance of getting it....i've only got one wish for it approved, and that was from a comparatively small press

[Hershey]

Wow thats informative... I should find the perfect publisher too hmm

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "So the more popular reviews I write, the more easy to get approved? Not counting fantasy ofc"

no, not necesarily, you just need to have outreach....though i will say t..."

no good number for this, but the more you have the better.....if you're slightly self conscious like i was when starting out with my blog, just don't include it, but it's best if you....also some publishers might have a threshold, like a limit to which they might approve, liek they will only approve if you ahev more than say 100 followers

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I don't have any blog or social media nor am I going to get one but does it drop my chances even in later stage?"

again, it will depend on the kind of reviewere the pu..."

one person or group? what do you mean?

[Niharika✩]

Is it weird if somebody asks you to rate and review a book without you requesting anything? Especially if that someone's the author? I've got two such requests. . .

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Wow thats informative... I should find the perfect publisher too hmm"

ah there's no perfect one, you just have to try everything....it's all trial and error

[Hershey]

What is the average for means of spreading the word about books?

[Hershey]

Is it important to have email notification enabled?

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Niharika✩ wrote: "Is it weird if somebody asks you to rate and review a book without you requesting anything? Especially if that someone's the author? I've got two such requests. . ."

in like goodreads message? a lot of people get them, i've got one too, but i declined because i just don't have the time with the 50 books from netgalley

[Niharika✩]

Trisha wrote: "Niharika✩ wrote: "Is it weird if somebody asks you to rate and review a book without you requesting anything? Especially if that someone's the author? I've got two such requests. . ."

in like good..."

yeah. I just ignored both

[Hershey]

Niharika✩ wrote: "Is it weird if somebody asks you to rate and review a book without you requesting anything? Especially if that someone's the author? I've got two such requests. . ."

mee too! I got it on gr and the same person requested it twice

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "What is the average for means of spreading the word about books?"

ah, that means you shoudl be posting on sites other than goodreads and librarything (like amazon or other sites that are directly on the booksellers...i don't do this but i stil get approved in some cases, like this one)...i have to properly set up my storygraph account and readerly, along with reedsy, and then i'll include those in my bio too, which shoudl help approvals

[Hershey]

I don't even have half of 100 followers lol

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Is it important to have email notification enabled?"

up to you, i lilke it because then i just get everyhting in my mail and don't have to open the site to find out what's up

[Hershey]

Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I don't have any blog or social media nor am I going to get one but does it drop my chances even in later stage?"

again, it will depend on the kind of re..."

Will the publisher give the book to only one person or a group people

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "I don't even have half of 100 followers lol"

doesn't matter that much, neither did i when i stared!

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

also, always round up when you put your stats up, if i have 51 followers, i'll say i have 55, stuff like that

[Shay ☆]

Niharika✩ wrote: "Is it weird if somebody asks you to rate and review a book without you requesting anything? Especially if that someone's the author? I've got two such requests. . ."

nope, i've had 3 requests already, 1 from goodreads and 2 from instagram

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Aashi wrote: "I don't have any blog or social media nor am I going to get one but does it drop my chances even in later stage?"

again, it will depend on..."

i don't really get what you mean? i don't think there's anything like teams, but if you mean like arc review teams for specific authors or somehting, then i don't think so. i htink it's one person only because that's how i get my stuff

[Shay ☆]

yeah for approval preferences u dont have to take them that seriously

entangled publishing has such strict preferences and frankly, i dont meet half of them but i got approved anyways

[Shay ☆]

trisha, do you use booksirens?

[Hershey]

So I don't have to necessarily set up other review sites... right?

[Shay ☆]

Aashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "take advantage of the read now and listen now books (there's quite a collection these days) and read and review them to build up your review ratio"

So I can't keep avoiding reviews...."

yupp ive given a review for every book ive requested

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Shay ☆ wrote: "yeah for approval preferences u dont have to take them that seriously

entangled publishing has such strict preferences and frankly, i dont meet half of them but i got approved anyways"

same