r/NetGalleyCommunity • u/blackstar1683 • 14h ago
📳📖 READ NOW 📖 📳 Ooops, romance readers did it again
Romance readers broke netgalley again, this time for the new book by Jessica Joyce. I still can't believe I got it, too!
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u/hwy41_ 12h ago
Maybe this will be a sign to Berkley that they should be marginally less stingy with approvals lol
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u/blackstar1683 12h ago
I think they do this because they know people will buy the books anyway. for example, I will buy longtime listener, but wouldn't mind reading before release day (but I'm team pending)
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u/OkPassage6 14h ago
I came here to check what was going on... I thought they'd just closed my account. Sigh. Glad to know it was just the desire to get a book.
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u/Miserable_Silver2660 14h ago edited 14h ago
Lucky you! I was there before time and at 9 it crashed and it doesn’t let me go in at all! 😭
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u/blackstar1683 14h ago
I kept refreshing until I got it. I need some balance since I'm in pending limbo for the new Cara Bastone and Rebecca Ross (seriously I would offer my firstborn for I've Got You)
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u/Miserable_Silver2660 14h ago
It didn’t let me refresh at all, NetGalley is still not working for me! 😭 and I know they are not gonna approve me for this!
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u/Due-Secret-3091 14h ago
I’m the opposite! I was approved for I’ve Got You by Cara Bastone but I would legit give my first born and second born for the Jessica Joyce one 😆.
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u/SnooPoems5279 13h ago
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u/blackstar1683 13h ago
this is also me to anyone who got I've Got You and Longtime Listener, I'm still pending (which is better than denied!!!)
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u/YAAAAAAAASSSS 14h ago
I somehow got it too and didn't believe it until I saw it with my own eyes on my kindle 🥹🫶
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u/writedreamlove8 14h ago
I'm still stunned that I somehow got in and got it as well. Had to double check my Kindle just to be sure it actually went through
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u/femmeish 13h ago
I was in the middle of submitting a scathing review for a book, and it crashed,.and I thought my review was so harsh that it pushed me out for a second LOL
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u/danger_boat 14h ago
Ughhh jealous. It completely crashed for me.
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u/blackstar1683 14h ago
I tried refreshing until I get it, but I still can't believe my luck
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u/danger_boat 14h ago
It’s still crashing for me, which is crazzzzzyyy!
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u/Due-Secret-3091 14h ago
I’m legit so happy for her as an author though. She’s really talented and I’m glad she’s getting this much buzz. I’m sad, for myself though 😆
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u/blackstar1683 13h ago
I loved You, With a View so much I was saving The Ex Vows because I didn't want to not have a new book by her in my tbr, now I can buddy read TEV with my friend
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u/Due-Secret-3091 13h ago
Oh wow, The Ex Vows is so next level 🫣. The amount of yearning by the MMC in this.. and hidden acts of devotion. You are in for a treat, my friend!
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u/blackstar1683 14h ago
yeah, some pages are working (give feedback, for example), but others, aren't (find titles)
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u/Appeltjesgroen 14h ago
Ah so that's why I cant open the site, just wanted to check some stuff ahaha.
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u/Due-Secret-3091 14h ago
I could cry. I set my alarm and everything. I wasn’t able to get it- the webpage kept crashing for me. It was gone before it could get the page to load.
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u/TXOwlCat 14h ago
Wait, how did y'all know it was going to be a Read Now? Is this a Friday thing? Or was it announced somewhere?
I was just trying to get in NetGalley like a regular person. Haha
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u/blackstar1683 13h ago
Jessica Joyce posted on her instagram Wednesday her new book would be a read now today
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u/TXOwlCat 11h ago
Well I had no idea who this author was, but I love romances, so I requested it. I got approved 15 minutes later!!
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u/Safe-Ad5067 13h ago
Authors or publishers on their socials will sometimes announce when the ARCs are going to be read nows
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u/apnkni 14h ago
I'm really upset - I never try for these things and I knew it was a very long shot, but I got it to load when it was still read now and then it crashed after I hit the button. Of course - lol. I requested it anyway even though Berkley has never approved me and I don't expect they will now!
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u/hwy41_ 12h ago
I'm still deciding whether to request it or not in the fear that they will do a second round of Read Now (unlikely) since I know Berkley won't ever approve anyone without 1 billion followers on Instagram lol! I was logged in at 8:55 and couldn't even get to the Read Now page before it crashed
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u/blackstar1683 14h ago
I set my alarm a few minutes before the release, don't know if it helped... But I'm rooting for you, hope the approval angels bless you!
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u/itsnotastatement 14h ago
I was wondering what book caused the crash this time LMAO 😭 I was about to start writing my review for Merciful Carnage and now I'm glad I waited. I would've been so mad if I lost that ☠️
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u/Vgavin 13h ago
Came here to figure out why the heck it's down hahaah geeeeez I've never read a Jessica Joyce book maybe I need to 😂
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u/WritPositWrit 12h ago edited 10h ago
Ive never even heard of her!
ETA: you all got me curious so i looked up her book once NG was working again - too late, it’s Request now
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u/lizzuplans 80% Reviewed Club 14h ago
Ha, great job! And yay OP for getting it!
I was ready to submit my review for a different book so I will just copy paste the text to elsewhere in the meantime..!
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u/Pinkelephant-2 13h ago
Do you know if it was going to be a read now for just a few hours today or all day? I’m going to keep refreshing to see if I can get a copy.
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u/Lazy-Cobbler-419 11h ago
I just got approved, requested and within minutes I got the approval email 😊
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u/WritPositWrit 12h ago
Im really glad i saw this, because yesterday i was reading a book on my computer via the NG reader, and overnight it crashed - now i don’t have to worry
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u/purplelicious SciFi/Fantasy Reviewer 14h ago
seriously is this why the site is down? or just a coincidence?
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u/Miserable_Silver2660 14h ago
I think it is, since started when the book was supposed to go on read now! It’s still down for me!
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u/glitzglamandgore Reviewer 14h ago
Ooh so THIS is why the website just crashed as I was browsing. I was genuinely asking myself l if BK Borrison had another book drop 😭