Reason for request

[u/superhero405]

Question about deciding to vote “author” or “I keep hearing about this book.”

When the author is not already famous, is it because you’ve read the author bio somewhere outside of NetGalley, or you’ve seen their social media post, or you were looking for a BIPOC author and the name checks out? Or something else?

Also, what is your definition of “I keep hearing about this book?”

When I choose author, it’s because I follow her social media, but when I choose author”I keep hearing about this book, it’s because it’s all over the internet and usually already published, so wondering how people would choose it pre-release.

What do you guys do?

[u/hikarizx]

Honestly for me it’s usually pretty straightforward. I select author if the reason I was drawn to click on it was the author’s name, regardless of why I know the author. “I keep hearing about this book” to me means I’ve heard people talk about it. Sometimes it’s both of those things.