I recently signed up with NetGalley as a Professional Reader. I honestly didn't know that there was such a thing! I'd come across NetGalley before when reading other customer reviews on Goodreads, Amazon, etc. but never really gave much thought to it. I had no idea what it was and to be honest, I had no idea what an ARC was! I just kept seeing NetGalley and ARC popping up under reviews and blog posts and decided to find out what the deal was.
I found out what ARC meant right away. Advance Reading Copy. Wait, what? You mean I get to read a book before it gets released?! Ok, I just died and went to book heaven. So many books! So little time!
Of course I signed up immediately. I followed their recommendations and filled out my profile and tried to make myself sound good to the publishers because they are the ones who hold the keys to book nirvana. After setting up my account, I started searching for books. Once I found one that sounded interesting I simply clicked on a box to request a copy and it was shipped off to the publisher to give me a yes or no.
I was turned down quite a bit, especially by the bigger publishers. They want reviewers with more book reviews under their belt I guess. But I wasn't going to give up and I found a few that wanted to give this amateur reviewer a chance and I just posted my first review today! Now to find more books...
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