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Internet saturation of your name and your profile
is key to creating a strong author presence. Agents and publishers prefer
authors who have already established themselves online--even before they have
been published. You know the common drill:
- Author Website
- Author page on Facebook
- Goodreads
- Tumblr, Blogger, Twitter, Wordpress
- Group membership
All of the above take some effort and take you away
from your writing. Well here is a new way to promote yourself, to build
relationships with publishers, get some free reading materials and become a
recognized "professional
reader".
NetGalley connects you to publishers who want you
to review books that are soon-to-be-published.
Why would you do this?
1. Free reading material
2. It's a good way to get your name and possibly your
Web site or blogger links out there
3. Your blog or group will get reviews of great books
before they hit the press (timely)
4. You may be able to build relationships with
publishers
5. You get to see what is being published (which helps
with your writing decisions)
6. You get to see what publishers like (which helps
with submission decisions)
7. You have access to a group of professional readers
you may be able to network with
What do you have to do?
1. You have to register
2. You will have to provide some detailed information
(that is kept confidential between publishers and NetGalley) in order to prove
you are a reader of influence with the credentials to review books. (author,
journalist, teacher, editor, librarian etc). (Hint: You can check publishers
approval criteria first)
3. You pick a book (galley) to review and send the
request to the publisher.
4. If approved, you read the book (provided in many
forms PUB, Kindle etc)
5. You can decline the review or you can publish the
review. You own the rights to your review. You can send a link of the reviews
location to the publisher (which gives you exposure)
Ease of use?
1. Search by publisher, author, title, genre/category
or most requested
2. Fill in basic join form, read terms, submit and
validate email
3. Create your profile, which includes associations
you belong to and a bio
4. Your dashboard includes your activities, your reads
(which can be organized), your writes and requests to and approvals from
publishers.
Make your reading count. Sign up to NetGalley
at https://www.netgalley.com/
Cheryl R Cowtan
Author & Educator
Author & Educator
Author web site http://www.cherylcowtan.com
Need success tips for writers? http://cherylcowtanonwriting.blogspot.ca
Need success tips for writers? http://cherylcowtanonwriting.blogspot.ca
