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Do you use other sources for ARCs besides NetGalley?
(submitted by Bonnie @ Bonnie Reads and Writes)
How exciting to see a question from a wonderful blogger friend this week! Thank you, Bonnie, for providing such a wonderful question to Book Blogger Hop ❤️
I have an Edelweiss+ account, and I have gotten a few ARCs from there. I also receive some physical copies of ARCs directly from the publisher. And, blog tours sometimes give digital copies directly from the author.
But, the vast majority of my ARCs come through NetGalley, whether I receive a widget directly from the publisher or whether I request it.
Do you use other sources for ARCs besides NetGalley?
Tessa Talks Books 
I’m the same as you, mostly Netgalley and sometimes Book Sirens
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I forgot about Book Sirens but I’ve only tried one book from that site.
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I only use Net Galley so it’s going to be a really short post from me this week.
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It is a pretty direct question and answer.
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I used to get ARCs from lots of different places, but I’ve cut back so it’s mostly just from NetGalley. Occasionally authors I’ve reviewed for before will contact me, and sometimes I get them from publishers via Twitter, which happened the other day.
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NetGalley is such a great ARC source.
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I used to be on a LOT of indie author teams but have cut massively back. I used to use promo companies too such as IndieSage PR, Enticing Book Journey, Give Me Books, Social Butterfuly PR, Lady Amber Tours. These days it’s mainly Netgalley along with a few straight from author copies.
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I get Emil’s from some PR companies. I forgot about them. I don’t do many books through them but every once in a while.
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The majority are from NetGalley. I have an Edelweiss account, but rarely get approved for some reason. I’ve all but stopped requesting anything from them.
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Edelweiss is mostly for booksellers and librarians. Most publishers don’t like approving book bloggers on that platform.
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Thanks Tessa! I have an Edelweiss account but I find the site really hard to use. It’s probably me.
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I can request books and get the ones that are basically Read Now but I haven’t been able to review, which cracks me up.
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I sometimes send out an email for a physical copy or just to get approved on Netgalley but I have the best luck with netgalley so I stick with it haha.
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I’ve never tried just emailing a publisher directly. Sometimes a publisher will offer a physical copy in the same email with a NetGalley widget and I usually take them up on that.
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I use Edelweiss, BookSirens and Booksprout. I have only used Booksprout once, and Edelweiss is to complicated so I rely on NetGalley for the most part.
Happy weekend everyone 😉
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I’ve never heard of Booksprout. But I agree, NetGalley is very user friendly.
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I use Netgalley but also am signed up for some PR companies and publishers who send lists (and then I have to stop myself requesting them all 🤣)
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I have a few PR companies that contact me about books but I’ve signed up with a PR company. I already do blog tours with a few different companies so I figured I had enough to handle with that. 😂
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It’s a lot isn’t it!
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I mostly get them through NetGalley widgets publishers send. I often get them directly from author. Publishers rarely send physical copies. I used to get it through tours but now I don’t participate in it anymore.
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I participate in tours less and less. It’s just too much.
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The vast majority of my ARCs are in audio format, received directly from publishers. I’m in my happy space because of that since 90% of my reading is in this format. I occasionally get ARCs via NetGalley but I’ve scaled that back because of my shift to listening.
Great question!
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NetGalley has audiobooks now but I didn’t realize publishers often send them directly. That’s interesting.
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I don’t read as many ARCs as I used to, but when I do the bulk of them come from NetGalley. After that it would be digital copies direct from the author, and occasionally a print copy. I need to poke around NG again, I just have so much on my TBR as it is because I keep buying books!
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There are so many enticing reads on NetGalley. Go in with a limit if you do poke around. 😊
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It’s mostly NetGalley for me as well.
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It’s the place to go!
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Your answer sounds like me. Mostly Netgalley with a few other sources thrown in.
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NetGalley is definitely the primary source for ARCs
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I get most of my ARCs from Netgalley, but have been getting more and more from Edelweiss. I have a few authors that provide me with ARCs as well as from promoters from blog tours. Great question, Bonnie.
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NetGalley is really the place to go.
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