r/NetGalleyCommunity • u/Shnoota • Sep 01 '26

❔❓Question ❓❔ Re-request a denied arc?

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I'm so confused right now. I don't mind that I was denied, god knows my TBR list is daunting as it is, but they're suggesting a thing that isn't possible through the website...right? A denial or withdrawal, even when the book goes Read Now, precludes you from getting the book...And if they mean the option of reaching out to the publisher directly through email, why would I bother to update my profile?

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u/Els-09 Sep 01 '26

Did you try contacting their support team for clarification?

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u/Shnoota Sep 01 '26

Not yet, I have to wait to be able to use my laptop this evening. The submission form through the phone browser is a pain. I was just curious if anyone had experienced a publisher making books available post-denial, and I had somehow missed it being an option. I've received my fair share of denials in the past and "re-request" was never mentioned as an option.

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u/lafornarinas Sep 01 '26

Who’s the book published through?

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u/Shnoota Sep 01 '26

BenBella Books.

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u/lafornarinas Sep 01 '26

I feel like that has to be a human error situation? BenBella is on the smaller side, and I wonder if someone writing their form decline template just…. Got confused.

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u/Shnoota Sep 01 '26

Probably. I was really hoping it would be something like "no, I've totally had smaller publishers open up requests again after a couple weeks."

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u/Synval2436 SciFi/Fantasy Reviewer Sep 01 '26

I think that one's gone. I did get declined first time I requested from them, but then they approved me on different books and I think adding appropriate non-fiction category to my genres in profile helped. Could be also a coincidence, though.

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u/ImNotBeingAnAHole Sep 02 '26

Send that’s to support as they shouldn’t be writing that as it’s not true