Expiration Date applies to any protected digital review copy you download: the file expires in a set number of days (usually 55 days, though publishers may choose other lengths of time).
NetGalley Reader
Books that have been opened in the NetGalley Reader prior to the archive date will expire 55 days after the archive date, with no renewal option.
Tip: Be sure to open the book in the NetGalley Reader prior to the archive date to ensure you don't lose access.
NetGalley Shelf app
If you’re using the NetGalley Shelf app and your license has time remaining (and the book has not yet been archived), you can renew your book for another 55 days by tapping and holding the cover image of the book within the app. Then tap Renew. You do not need to press Download on the NetGalley website. Learn more here.
Other Supported Devices or Apps
If you’re using another supported device or app, you can download another 55-day copy of the file from your NetGalley account if you need more time to finish reading, up until the publisher archives the book. Just sign into your NetGalley account, visit your Shelf, find the book, and then press the Download button again.
Archive Date - Some publishers also assign an Archive date for the book or audiobook on the title details page. After this date, you will not be able to download another copy of the file. Any copy downloaded to your NetGalley Shelf app, NetGalley Reader, or other supported device or app will be available until you reach the expiration date, as described above. Please note that in most cases books will archive at 11:45 pm, in the respective time zone of the publisher of the book.
*If you have used the Kindle option to send a copy of the file to your Kindle, that file will not expire and will continue to be available to you.