NetGalley

[Lauren]

Yep, that's the one. I requested it too. Might not get it though, if the the criteria are the same as Knopf Doubleday's.

[Crusader]

Mmm. Let me know if you get it. Based on the criteria I'm not even going to try. Seems they can't send to anyone outside the US.

[Lauren]

Oh crap. Bloody copyright...

[Chrizette]

I loved Robopocalypse! Hope we get a chance :) Let us know what happens please Lauren.

[Lauren]

Will do :)

[Lauren]

Whoop! I got Amped :)

[Lauren]

Ooh, I also got auto-approved by Amped's publisher, Knopf Doubleday - woohoo!

[Crusader]

That's awesome, especially the auto-approval.

[Lauren]

Tried to download it from Amazon and was told the document wasn't available though, hmph. This happened to me the other day as well, so I'll try again tomorrow before contacting Amazon or the publisher.

[Lauren]

As it turns out the problem was my fault, so I've got my copy of Amped now, yay!

[Lauren]

Orbit has made two 2011 publications available to request:
and

http://www.netgalley.com/index2.php?m...

[Lu]

I see is on Netgalley if anyone cares :)

[Lauren]

Looks interesting, and I just read another book about Faust. Requesting :) Thanks!

[Lu]

No problem :)

[Crusader]

Lu (The Muggle) wrote: "I see is on Netgalley if anyone cares :)"

I've got that one in PB from the Kalahari sale.

[Nadine]

Lauren wrote: "Welcome N! Are you new to NetGalley as well, or just Goodreads?"

Just Goodreads. what is NetGalley?

[Lauren]

Nadine wrote: "Just Goodreads. what is NetGalley?"

NetGalley is a website where "professional readers" - librarians, booksellers, bloggers, reviewers - can gain access to electronic review copies of books from a wide variety of publishers. The reason I asked is that this thread is about NetGalley - the latest books, what we got, etc.

[Claudia]

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein will be available as "read now" until 15 May. I bought it last month and started reading last night - so far it's really good.

[Lauren]

Here's another Read Now:
http://www.netgalley.com/PopupHandler...



There are several other Read Now YA titles from Egmont USA: http://www.netgalley.com/index2.php?m...

[Lu]

Excited for this one and One Moment which is also read now :)

[Lu]

Claudia wrote: "Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein will be available as "read now" until 15 May. I bought it last month and started reading last night - so far it's really good."

Think it is something I would like?

[Lauren]

I'm wondering about that one too...

[Lauren]

Oh wait, they're not accepting blogger requests for Code Name Verity at the moment :(

[Claudia]

Lauren wrote: "Oh wait, they're not accepting blogger requests for Code Name Verity at the moment :("

How does that work then? If it's "read-now" but not available for review? :(

[Lauren]

Oh wait, yes that's a good point. Sorry! They just have a note about not approving blogger requests, but that must be old.

[Claudia]

Lu (The Muggle) wrote: "Think it is something I would like?"

I hate recommending books when anyone asks me if they'd like it. If the book turns out not to be to that person's taste, I always feel like I've wasted their time.

There's a 20 page preview over here, so do take a look.

[Barbara]

With Lu it is easy, if it is something that is vaguely similar to Harry Potter she'll like it and you can recommend it if it is not don't recommend it :P

[Claudia]

Hahaha! Better not read it then, Lu. They use actual planes to fly. No broomsticks in sight. :P

[Lu]

Lol

I have quite a bit of netgalley books now anyway, it needs to really call to me for me to request it :)

[Lu]

is on Netgalley!

[Lu]

Nevermind I got this:
"Unfortunately, HarperCollins UK is currently only allowing UK and Ireland, and in some cases other European country based reviewers to download titles via NetGalley"

[Lu]

By the way ti does'nt even say HarperCollins UK. It just says HarperCollins - I actually went to see what their criteria was and couldn't find a HarperCollins that is stand alone. I checked there books and there was this and one other. Sigh :(

[Claudia]

You can always buy it if you are desperate. :P

[Lu]

Yea :)

[Lauren]

For those who need an 'X' character for the A-z character challenge, NetGalley has a YA fantasy featuring shapeshifters, with a character named Ximon:


NetGalley page here: http://www.netgalley.com/PopupHandler...

[Lauren]

Anyone get anything good on NetGalley recently?

I got Bad Glass by Richard E. Gropp, which the marketing guys say should appeal to fans of Lost and House of Leaves.

I'm waiting patiently for Orbit and Night Shade Books to add some new arcs. They've had the same stuff for ages!

[Lu]

I am dying to hear if I get to read Burn for Burn and Love and Other Perishable Items.

Then there are 2 items that I requested MONTHS ago that the publishers havn't done anything about...

[Lauren]

I've got one really old one too. I should actually just delete, because the book isn't even on the site anymore!

Publishers can be sloppy sometimes. I hate that some - like Orbit - don't categorise their books according to genre, so they don't come up on the genre lists, and sometimes not even on the list of recent stuff. So I have to search by publisher too, or I'll miss out on some really cool arcs.

[Lu]

Yea I have to search by publisher often otherwise I miss it.

Yea might aswell delete those. They won't affect my stats will they?

[Lauren]

Lu (The Muggle) wrote: "Yea might aswell delete those. They won't affect my stats will they?"

No, I don't think so. You can delete it in the requests section, and it won't be listed as declined or anything.

Sometimes I get two approvals for the same book, and then I'm not sure what to do. Should I delete one, or just fill out the same review details for both entries?

[Lu]

Why would you get two?

[Lauren]

Lu (The Muggle) wrote: "Why would you get two?"

I think sometimes I accidentally re-send the request if I press the back button and then forward to that page again. Other times I think it might be the publisher's error, or some other glitch.

[Lu]

Very strange! I think just fill out both entries.

[Lauren]

Orbit has some new arcs: http://www.netgalley.com/index2.php?m...

[Lauren]

Anyone request/receive anything recently? NetGalley's been a bit slow for me recently, although I haven't been in the mood for a thorough search.

[Lauren]

Tor/Forge has some fantasy romance titles http://www.netgalley.com/index2.php?m...


And this one, whose title made me laugh:

[Chrizette]

I agree, Lauren, Netgalley has been kinda sluggish lately.

[Lauren]

For those who have kept up with Jasper Fforde's Thursday next series, the latest novel is now available for request: http://www.netgalley.com/PopupHandler...

[Lauren]

I don't fancy my chances of getting this since Random House is rather strict, but I couldn't resist sending a request for:

http://www.netgalley.com/PopupHandler...

Random House also has these:

and a few others that looked interesting.

[Lauren]

I thought NetGalley was slow, but it looks like the nice books are hiding. I requested these from Bloomsbury: