What You Can See In a Member Profile

When a NetGalley member requests one of your books, click their name to view a full Profile and approve, decline or auto-approve the member, without leaving the page. We ask members to provide information about their credentials, including professional organizations; how they spread the word about books; their contact information; and category interests. We then append that information with stats about their history of approvals/declines and earned badges for activities on the site. 

In our Member Knowledge Base, we provide helpful hints for every profile to encourage members to provide information that's meaningful to you about how they recommend books.

This is what a member's profile looks like:

REVIEWER STATS

NetGalley provides a quick snapshot of a member's behavior on NetGalley with the reviewer stats. 

• If a member has 64% requests approved (14 requests, site-wide) -- this means that, of 14 requests, 9 were approved (that's 64% of the total number of requests).

• 40% feedback provided (10 books) -- feedback submitted for 4 books, which is 40% of the 10 books she has access to. That access may have come from approved requests, auto-approved access, Read Now titles, clicks on widget invitations, or wishes granted.

PREVIOUS REVIEWS

Publishers can click on "See All Reviews" to see every review a member has left on NetGalley, both for themselves and for other publishers.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Through our partnerships with the American Library Association; American Booksellers Association; the Booksellers Association in the UK; and the Australian Library and Information Association, valid members can display their affiliation in their NetGalley Profile.

When an industry professional joins NetGalley as a Librarian, they have the exclusive opportunity to add their ALA or ALIA member number to their NetGalley account. Same for Booksellers--they can add their ABA or BA number, depending on their location. When a valid ALA, ALIA, ABA or BA member number is added to a NetGalley account, you will see the relevant logo next to their name when they request a title or when you view their Profile.

FEEDBACK RATIO

The Feedback Ratio calculates the percentage of feedback to approved titles (this includes Read Now titles, Invites, and Wishes Granted).

Our suggestion to members is to keep their Feedback ratio close to 80%, meaning that for every 10 titles they are approved to read, they provide feedback for 8 titles. Feedback can be an opinion, note to the publisher/author, a review, or information about how they will promote the title

BADGES

As members read and review books on NetGalley, they can earn badges to reflect various accomplishments that they obtain as an active user on the site. These badges can be used as part of your decision to approve or decline their request to view your titles. Learn more about member badges here.

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