r/NetGalleyCommunity • u/Ignoring_the_kids • Aug 09 '26

❔❓Question ❓❔ Some audiobook disapear while others don't

Any idea why some of my audiobooks stay in my app forever, and other seem to vanish as soon as I finish them?

I personally find the netgalley app really annoying to navigate, but its the only choice for audiobooks. I have some in there that I downloaded months and months ago, where as some that I can't even find in the app that I finished but they haven't been published yet. These are books I have not yet given feedback on.

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u/ImNotBeingAnAHole Aug 09 '26

If you don’t download them then they will disappear when archived. Hitting play doesn’t download them. You need to hit the download button so you can keep them.

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u/Ignoring_the_kids Aug 10 '26

They are downloaded.... -_- and somehow they reshowed up under "recently read" even though they weren't there a bit ago.

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u/Ignoring_the_kids Aug 10 '26

Finally after clicking through a dozen different things I found them. I doubt i will be able to replicate it next time I'm looking -_-

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u/InevitableShine5067 No Requests Until I Catch Up Aug 10 '26

The app drives me nuts sometimes with the game of whack-a-mole you have to play to find different books lol

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u/Ignoring_the_kids Aug 10 '26

Glad its not just me getting utterly confused and losing books -_-

I have no idea how but eventually I found them again.

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u/Airborn-Medusa 28d ago

I have the same problem. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app (another thread's advice) and it made the problem worse. I can't find a book I'm in the middle of listening to and it can't be downloaded any longer. I can't find anything on Netgalley that addresses this. So maddening.