Valuable information, as always ☺ I had heard of Net Galley before but didnt really know anything about them. You explained them great! I've heard of indy authors paying for reviews before launch and they'd put the review on their book at publication (cant recall the review website but think it starts with an R). With that one though, it seemed like you were buying a good review; or at least that's how it came across every time I heard someone mention using them. I do like how you pointed out Net Galley's honest reviewing and the unlikelihood of a 5 star review, it makes for valuable insight into another option for self-publishers 😊
I really appreciate the detailed feedback. Kirkus Reviews is another one that is common but they are also what I would call 'critics'. They are tough cookies too, but with them you only get one review and you can choose whether to publish it or not.
Hi Julie, I did receive a four-star review on NetGalley for my book: "The Conscience of An Agnostic." Laurence O'Bryan, at Books Go Social, put the review on Amazon for me. I'm disappointed with how few reviews I've received on NetGalley thus far, By the way, I gave your book: "Self-Publish & Succeed" a positive review on Amazon.
THANK YOU!! I appreciate it. NetGalley is hit or miss - we usually get 3-5 for our clients but sometimes it's not even 3. Interesting listings at bookstores and libraries have resulted though.
From what I've heard, most of the readers don't even post reviews of the books they read. It seems a lot more like an easy way for people to just score free books. I'm going to try it anyway.
Never heard of NetGalley. Thanks Julie. Great info as usual. Since my book has been on Amazon for 2 years , I think I will pass on NetGalley reviews. But, next book could be a pre-launch tactic. Thanks!
Absolutely. It's not too late for a Goodreads Giveaway though. :) We had great success with a client who had a book out in Oct 2018 ... we just ran his giveway and it was a record breaker!
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Great video, thanks for sharing this resource to get books read. I have been able to review plenty of books through galley copies. This one one of my secret weapons when I was a top reviewer on Amazon. I am going to see if I can be a member of their team - Scott
Hey Scott!! So nice to see you around here. :) I didn't know you were a Net Galley reviewer. We have a few books you might like to check out ... I actually tried to text you recently to see if you were still reviewing books because I can hook you up early for ones that I think you'll like. :)
Nope - they are different. Kirkus gives you one review by an assigned reviewer. The TYPE of person and the critic level of the review is similar but they only do one and you can choose to publish or not. NetGalley you don't choose to publish or not and you may get a handful or more reviews. They also do fiction I believe.
I won't be using NetGalley. It is far too costly and expensive when there are lots of other options to get reviews for my books, going forward. Thank you for recommending them, Tracey (United Kingdom)
Thanks for this wonderful video. Can you please point us to official IBPA website. Also if I have an IBPA account will I get discount in all their services. Or it is picky and if you have information what would be the difference between IBPA account and not having it.
I can't speak to them from a fiction point ... but we're happy with how it's gone for non-fiction. Have you done a Goodreads giveaway? That seems to be a great way to promote fiction. One of our clients books on horror (Screaming for Pleasure) had the #1 giveaway of the week when we did his whereas the more hardcore business ones do 1/2 or even less as well as that topic did. NetGalley is worth testing though.
@@KeithWheelerBooks Me too ... but once we started doing more for our clients on the paid side we expanded into them and have seen some good results for some clients!!
Thank you for stopping by and for commenting the day a video is released. Everyone who comments on the day a video is released is entered to win some sweet #noboringbooks swag. We do the draws LIVE … normally every two weeks but I am away when the next one is scheduled … so I’ll have extra prizes when we meet again on February 4th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST - really hope you can be there! And, if you can’t, the replay will be available so you can tune in to hear if you won!
Interesting. I've heard of Netgalley and it sounds like it's only for the strong of ego. I swear that printing machines insert formatting and typos. Um, so I've heard.
HA! Yes the typos creep in from everywhere. We have a minimum of 3 professionals review every book we publish and there are always typos still. We actually have discovered they can be introduced really easily in layout ...
My pleasure - Thank you so much for saying hello! If you’re just getting started with writing, I highly recommend our 7 steps to write a non-fiction book. You can get that at www.booklaunchers.com/7steps and if you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan Hope to see you again soon!
You're welcome! Thank you for stopping by and for commenting the day a video is released. Everyone who comments on the day a video is released is entered to win some sweet #noboringbooks swag. We do the draws LIVE … normally every two weeks but I am away when the next one is scheduled … so I’ll have extra prizes when we meet again on February 4th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST - really hope you can be there! And, if you can’t, the replay will be available so you can tune in to hear if you won!
Thank you so much for saying hello! If you’re just getting started with writing, I highly recommend our 7 steps to write a non-fiction book. You can get that at www.booklaunchers.com/7steps and if you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan Hope to see you again soon!
@@BookLaunchers Hmmm. Maybe you should lead with that. ("Stick around and learn how you can save XX% off the usual price!") Can you please do a video showing the ROI on some of these great services, including this one? Seems to me a lot more people are making money FROM authors than authors are making for themselves.
@@Maizyk10 I don't know the ROI on getting reviews ... that's a tough thing to calculate. There's immense value but hard to pinpoint the precise ROI. Also, I appreciate your suggestion and maybe if I wanted to focus on saving money I would have lead with that but my point was to help an author decide if Net Galley for them.
@@BookLaunchers @Maizy Kalhoun Maizy with due respect I'll be direct. Your subjective judging of this video, that has nothing to do with the purpose of this video, may be the reason you come across as so negative and unhappy. I bet if you quit deflecting and put in time to learning (instead of finishing before the end), you might make more money and maybe--MAYBE have a better attitude. Maybe I'm being harsh here, but I've seen many people such as yourself chime in like you have. In too many cases there is someone thinking about taking a calculated risk to get their work out there, but people like you put a wall up in front of them.
I'm always blown away by your videos. You are so on top of things in the publishing business! Thank you once again.
Thank you!! It's easier when you have an entire team of people helping you stay on top of it. ;)
Another excellent video, thank you. An example of why I hired Book Launchers to assist me from start to finish.
Fantastic!
Great insights, Julie. Thanks.
Thanks so much Julie! Always leave your channel with a bit more courage and wisdom. Thanks for being so genuine too. Have a great week! Natalya 🤗🍁
Thank you for your comments!! Hope you had a great weekend.
Valuable information, as always ☺
I had heard of Net Galley before but didnt really know anything about them. You explained them great! I've heard of indy authors paying for reviews before launch and they'd put the review on their book at publication (cant recall the review website but think it starts with an R). With that one though, it seemed like you were buying a good review; or at least that's how it came across every time I heard someone mention using them. I do like how you pointed out Net Galley's honest reviewing and the unlikelihood of a 5 star review, it makes for valuable insight into another option for self-publishers 😊
I really appreciate the detailed feedback. Kirkus Reviews is another one that is common but they are also what I would call 'critics'. They are tough cookies too, but with them you only get one review and you can choose whether to publish it or not.
Hi Julie, I did receive a four-star review on NetGalley for my book: "The Conscience of An Agnostic." Laurence O'Bryan, at Books Go Social, put the review on Amazon for me. I'm disappointed with how few reviews I've received on NetGalley thus far, By the way, I gave your book: "Self-Publish & Succeed" a positive review on Amazon.
THANK YOU!! I appreciate it.
NetGalley is hit or miss - we usually get 3-5 for our clients but sometimes it's not even 3. Interesting listings at bookstores and libraries have resulted though.
From what I've heard, most of the readers don't even post reviews of the books they read. It seems a lot more like an easy way for people to just score free books. I'm going to try it anyway.
Never heard of NetGalley. Thanks Julie. Great info as usual. Since my book has been on Amazon for 2 years , I think I will pass on NetGalley reviews. But, next book could be a pre-launch tactic. Thanks!
Absolutely. It's not too late for a Goodreads Giveaway though. :) We had great success with a client who had a book out in Oct 2018 ... we just ran his giveway and it was a record breaker!
Femme extraordinaire! Always great videos... Always something new to learn from her.
Thank you very much...
Thank you for stopping by and for commenting the day a video is released. Everyone who comments on the day a video is released is entered to win some sweet #noboringbooks swag. We do the draws LIVE … normally every two weeks but I am away when the next one is scheduled … so I’ll have extra prizes when we meet again on February 4th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST - really hope you can be there! And, if you can’t, the replay will be available so you can tune in to hear if you won!
Hi Julie, thanks for the excellent video.
You're welcome!
Great video, thanks for sharing this resource to get books read. I have been able to review plenty of books through galley copies. This one one of my secret weapons when I was a top reviewer on Amazon. I am going to see if I can be a member of their team - Scott
Hey Scott!! So nice to see you around here. :) I didn't know you were a Net Galley reviewer. We have a few books you might like to check out ... I actually tried to text you recently to see if you were still reviewing books because I can hook you up early for ones that I think you'll like. :)
@@BookLaunchers Lets get in touch... Ill review some books - Scott
Thank you! You're on the book marketing team's list now. We'll be filling your library soon. Thanks Scott. You rock.
Great new option here for me and excellent +/- of using NetGally.
We definitely are pleased with the results we're seeing for most of the books.
Please also recommend other platforms for getting legitimate reviews. Thanks for sharing.
Would it be correct to consider Net Galley the Kirkus of non-fiction?
Nope - they are different. Kirkus gives you one review by an assigned reviewer. The TYPE of person and the critic level of the review is similar but they only do one and you can choose to publish or not. NetGalley you don't choose to publish or not and you may get a handful or more reviews. They also do fiction I believe.
I won't be using NetGalley. It is far too costly and expensive when there are lots of other options to get reviews for my books, going forward. Thank you for recommending them, Tracey (United Kingdom)
You can find co-ops that charge a little over $50 / month and you can do single months, so it doesn't have to be expensive. 🙂
Thanks for this wonderful video. Can you please point us to official IBPA website. Also if I have an IBPA account will I get discount in all their services. Or it is picky and if you have information what would be the difference between IBPA account and not having it.
There are other co-ops out there too. You can search for NetGalley co-op and find them.
I haven’t used NetGalley yet, but I will definitely be looking into it further for my next YA novel. #noboringbooks
I can't speak to them from a fiction point ... but we're happy with how it's gone for non-fiction. Have you done a Goodreads giveaway? That seems to be a great way to promote fiction. One of our clients books on horror (Screaming for Pleasure) had the #1 giveaway of the week when we did his whereas the more hardcore business ones do 1/2 or even less as well as that topic did. NetGalley is worth testing though.
Book Launchers, yeah I’ve done goodreads giveaways in the past, but once they started charging to run them, I’ve reduced my use of them.
@@KeithWheelerBooks Me too ... but once we started doing more for our clients on the paid side we expanded into them and have seen some good results for some clients!!
Book Launchers, thanks I may need to look into it a bit more.
Please also recommend other platforms for getting legitimate reviews. Thanks.
They seem like a good deal True story, I had some tea in the #noboringbooks mug a little bit ago. Tastes better!
wonderful shared insight. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing the valuable info.
Thank you for stopping by and for commenting the day a video is released. Everyone who comments on the day a video is released is entered to win some sweet #noboringbooks swag. We do the draws LIVE … normally every two weeks but I am away when the next one is scheduled … so I’ll have extra prizes when we meet again on February 4th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST - really hope you can be there! And, if you can’t, the replay will be available so you can tune in to hear if you won!
Interesting. I've heard of Netgalley and it sounds like it's only for the strong of ego. I swear that printing machines insert formatting and typos. Um, so I've heard.
HA! Yes the typos creep in from everywhere. We have a minimum of 3 professionals review every book we publish and there are always typos still. We actually have discovered they can be introduced really easily in layout ...
Appreciate your guidance
My pleasure -
Thank you so much for saying hello! If you’re just getting started with writing, I highly recommend our 7 steps to write a non-fiction book. You can get that at www.booklaunchers.com/7steps and if you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan
Hope to see you again soon!
Great information! Thank you :)
You're welcome! Thank you for stopping by and for commenting the day a video is released. Everyone who comments on the day a video is released is entered to win some sweet #noboringbooks swag. We do the draws LIVE … normally every two weeks but I am away when the next one is scheduled … so I’ll have extra prizes when we meet again on February 4th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST - really hope you can be there! And, if you can’t, the replay will be available so you can tune in to hear if you won!
What about the "Next Level Ninjas"? Is the platform trustworthy?
Not familiar with it.
Thank-you. Good overview.
Thank you so much for saying hello! If you’re just getting started with writing, I highly recommend our 7 steps to write a non-fiction book. You can get that at www.booklaunchers.com/7steps and if you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan
Hope to see you again soon!
I didn't think NetGalley reviewed self-published books? They accept some but not many. Self published books have to go through IBPA.
They sure do! netgalley.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003952873-Do-you-work-with-individual-authors-
Thank you!
What about romance erotica books?
We only work on non-fiction :)
@@BookLaunchers I mean posting it there myself as self published. How well would it do?
"Eight hundred and forty nine do--"
HHHHNNGGG . . .
Yes that is why I gave options :D
You should start this video with how much this "service" costs.
It will save the sane people a lot of time.
Hmmm interesting because I end it discussing ways to use the service that are less than $100.
@@BookLaunchers Hmmm. Maybe you should lead with that. ("Stick around and learn how you can save XX% off the usual price!") Can you please do a video showing the ROI on some of these great services, including this one? Seems to me a lot more people are making money FROM authors than authors are making for themselves.
@@Maizyk10 I don't know the ROI on getting reviews ... that's a tough thing to calculate. There's immense value but hard to pinpoint the precise ROI.
Also, I appreciate your suggestion and maybe if I wanted to focus on saving money I would have lead with that but my point was to help an author decide if Net Galley for them.
@@BookLaunchers @Maizy Kalhoun Maizy with due respect I'll be direct. Your subjective judging of this video, that has nothing to do with the purpose of this video, may be the reason you come across as so negative and unhappy. I bet if you quit deflecting and put in time to learning (instead of finishing before the end), you might make more money and maybe--MAYBE have a better attitude. Maybe I'm being harsh here, but I've seen many people such as yourself chime in like you have. In too many cases there is someone thinking about taking a calculated risk to get their work out there, but people like you put a wall up in front of them.
What the f***that is not even successful so I'm good 🤦🤦