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May 5, 2008 by Betsy Bird

Imagine There’s No Galley, It’s Easy If You Try

May 5, 2008 by Betsy Bird   2 comments


This may be of particular interest only to blogging reviewers such as myself.  Can you envision a future in which all the ARCs and galleys are sent to you electronically?  Some people can.


NetGalley Signs St. Martin’s, Hachette; Will Officially Launch at BEA
By Lynn Andriani — Publishers Weekly, 4/24/2008 7:49:00 AM
Rosetta Solutions formally announced its new product and service, NetGalley, today. The online initiative <http://www.publishersweekly .com/article/CA6431504.html> will launch at BEA, with the mission of connecting publishers and “professional readers,” and streamlining the galley distribution process. NetGalley will enable book publishers, reviewers, media, librarians, booksellers, bloggers, educators and others to access and share content and information about new titles. Publishers that have already signed on to a pilot program include St. Martin’s, Hachette Book Group, Bloomsbury USA and Sourcebooks. Those houses will submit their advance fall titles to PW through NetGalley.

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“We are delighted to be here at the beginning of this terrific program,” said Matt Baldacci, v-p, director of marketing and publishing operations at St. Martin’s. “NetGalley will make our interaction with Publishers Weekly more efficient, and has the potential to show cost, resource, and environmental efficiencies.”

During the pilot period, publishers will submit their title information—and, optionally, digital galleys—electronically to PW. In return, PW will provide visibility on review acceptance and status through NetGalley.com <http://netgalley.com/> . Pilot publishers will also have the opportunity to invite other reviewers, media and bloggers to join their community and view their galleys online. Print galleys will also still be accepted.  

Ted Treanor, CEO of Rosetta Solutions, said the response from publishers has been “extraordinarily positive.”


Makes sense in terms of novels, I suppose.  But picture books won’t transfer to this new medium well at all.  Unless they come up with a paper thin computer that opens like a book, I can’t imagine reviewing something that tactile in any way but one-on-one. Thanks to Sara Easterly for the link.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. Nina says

    May 5, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    Ugh. Does that mean we’ll all hafta Kindle? Roger’s not getting me excited:
    http://www.hbook.com/blog/2008/04/tugging-on-leash.html

  2. Jennie says

    May 6, 2008 at 10:28 am

    My husband is always jealous when he sees my galleys. He reviews books for work as well, but his are more current affairs genre and he says all he usually gets are a few badly PDFed chapters emailed to him. He lusts after my nicely bound review copies.

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