NetGalley Shelf is a reading and listening app for NetGalley members. NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies and audiobooks to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review. NetGalley does not sell any content, including books or audiobooks. Each book on NetGalley is provided to specific members by the publisher directly, at no cost to the NetGalley member. Books on the NetGalley site are used for review and promotional purposes only. Users of the NetGalley Shelf app will need to register as NetGalley members on NetGalley.com or NetGalley.co.uk, then all your approved NetGalley books and audiobooks will automatically appear in this app. No need to press Download on the NetGalley website! Reading is easy and convenient using the NetGalley Shelf app. Download approved books for access on the go, or start listening right away with streaming for audiobooks.
Worst book app ever
Come on NetGalley this is ridiculous you are linked the the biggest best publishers in the world and this app of yours is absolute garbage!!!
Awful!!
This app is awful. It does not update your reading pages in iPhone or iPad. Downloads And progress do not show. Horrible platform- you would think since all major publishing companies use it they would improve the bugs and kinks. It does not sync and Libby is leaps and bounds better for audiobooks and print. You cannot Zoom in and it does not sync to AirPods.
Netgalley is great! This app isn’t though
I’ve had books that are expired still show up. Any time I try to highlight anything the the WHOLE app freezes making it hard to select and remember portions I want for my reviews. The app is so simple yet hard to use at first. Definitely not intuitive. If possible, I recommend sticking to the website
It works and isn’t terrible
I don’t have any true cons for this app. It works as advertised and gets the job done. It is basic and a little dated and clunky for a reading and listening app, but why does it need to be fancier? I do wish it showed percentage complete without opening the book, though. I also wish there was an accompanying Apple CarPlay app and a homepage widget for my phone. I haven’t had any glitches. Not sure why this is rated so low.
Good but needs work
I wish NetGalley app would sync from one device to another. I also wish it was easier to rate and review a book.
Only Good to Read/Download books
All you can do on this app is read the books/download (and send to kindle if you have one). Cannot request new books, cannot see books that you requested previously, cannot see books you were denied for & worst of all you cannot post reviews through the app.
App Does Nothing
The ONLY thing you can do on this app is access your books or send the books to your kindle. You cannot request new books nor can you see the have requested. You can’t even leave a review the books. What is the point?
Small improvements and bug fixes
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