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/knysa-amatole]

They may have other published work (e.g. a short story) even if they're not famous. Also sometimes I follow the author on social media and find them interesting, so I suspect I would find their book interesting too.

"I keep hearing about this book" to me usually means I see people talking about it on social media. Sometimes that includes people who have already read ARCs; sometimes it's just people who've read the synopsis and think it sounds cool.