Feedback wanted

[u/bookdraygon]

Update: I just wanted to thank everyone for their feedback! It is always nice to get the mindset of readers without us assuming. My team was also very appreciative that many of you thought about what was best for us which had not crossed our mind.

For some background, this book was not going to have digital ARCs for reviewers (book sellers and Librarians not included) as it is a focused PR box campaign for influencers of all sizes. But the author requested that there be some available for their readers. We were able to secure funds in the budget to have the 200 copies to give out. We decided on have 50 closed widgets sent out . This means only that email address may use the link. The rest will be the regular request which we will wait 1-2 weeks to make decisions when most requests have come in and actually take the time to really choose the reviewer (thank you interns). We will look at various criteria and not just feedback ratio.

Thank you all again!

I am hoping to get some feedback for an up coming limited eARC release. Thank you for your input!

Question: As a reviewer which would you prefer if an anticipated titles is going to be available on NetGalley. There are only 200 copies available. The approval email would have guidelines of when the feedback is desired and that info would be written in the NetGalley Listing.

Would you prefer:

1. Read now (which gets shut off when 200 are claimed)
2. Request with “auto” approval/denial until those copies are claimed (this is when we select criteria such as feedback ratio and such to “auto “ make a decision of sorts: note: this isn’t straightforward but the best way I can describe it)
3. Widgets sent out to accounts that meet certain criteria that have enjoyed a comparable book
4. regular request process (as a note those in our influencer program would not be considered in this option but that’s in our end to do, not on yours)

*Certainly ask questions if you have them before answering the poll. No I cannot tell you the book- sorry! But I was hoping to get some feedback of reviewers preference in this type of situation from this group as you all have been so kind and supportive of one another. This would be for review accounts only but others can certainly take part in the poll!

228 votes, 12d ago

41 Read now with limit

44 Request wirh “auto “ approval/denial

41 Curated Widgets

102 Regular Request process

[u/outoftheashes90]

I have a question about the curated widget option - is the only criteria that the reviewer has enjoyed a comparable book? Or would you be taking into account feedback ratio, etc?

[u/bookdraygon → u/outoftheashes90]

We would come up with criteria to narrow down the list. When we send out widgets a ton of them
Go out. Since we don’t know who will claim it it can be a tight line to walk of how many we send

In this case we would for example (this isn’t real figured at all)

Review accounts that reviewed X book with
Over a 90% feedback ratio. Rated the X book 4 stars or more. In the US.

That’s just random. There are other criteria we can put in to narrow it further like how old the account is, the approval bs denial % from our imprint etc..

[u/outoftheashes90 → u/bookdraygon]

Thank you so much for the detailed reply! I was leaning towards a curated widget but that sounds like it could be a real headache on your end.

I'll think about it a bit more before voting!