Big Changes at NetGalley: Introducing the NetGalley Shelf App and Audiobooks

Today we are thrilled to celebrate the launch of two major enhancements to the NetGalley service in both the U.S. and U.K.: the NetGalley Shelf app and Audiobooks!

The NetGalley Shelf App 

The NetGalley Shelf app is our first mobile app, available for free on both iOS and Android devices. This app makes it easier than ever for NetGalley members to start reading or listening to books they’ve been approved to access. 

There are several reasons that we are introducing the NetGalley Shelf app right now: it provides members with a more simple and streamlined reading experience, as well as adds further support for various types of content (including highly illustrated books and audiobooks).

How It Works

After a member downloads the free NetGalley Shelf app from the Apple or Google Play Store, they sign in using the same login name and password as their account on the NetGalley website. Once they log in, the member is presented with their NetGalley Shelf (the books that publishers have approved them to access). As long as you have enabled the NetGalley Shelf app as a Reading Option in your publisher account, your books will automatically appear in approved members’ NetGalley Shelf app.

The NetGalley Shelf app presents members with a seamless reading experience. When publishers enable the NetGalley Shelf app, approved members will be able to access the digital review copy as a protected file, on up to 5 devices associated with their particular account. NetGalley tracks when the file was downloaded and to how many devices. If more than 5 devices associated with a particular member account attempt to access the file, the license is revoked entirely and it can no longer be accessed on any devices for that member account. Files cannot be printed or copied, and you can choose if the file will expire. To learn more about the DRM protection for files available via the NetGalley Shelf app, click here.

The NetGalley Shelf app is for NetGalley members to read and listen to approved books. Members will continue to discover, request,and provide Feedback for books on the NetGalley website. 

Audiobooks on NetGalley

NetGalley members have been excitedly anticipating the launch of full audiobooks. The sustained growth of the audiobook market over the past several years has led audiobook publishers to seek new ways to promote their books and increase discoverability of the format. NetGalley’s existing platform allows publishers to efficiently distribute review copies, and audiobook publishers can now benefit from the robust tools, reporting, and engaged community. 

“NetGalley has been helping publishers to build buzz, receive feedback and reviews, and discover early trends for their digital review copies for over 10 years.,” says Kristina Radke, VP, Business Growth and Engagement. “We’re thrilled to broaden the service to support audiobook publishers. We believe early feedback about new books (no matter the format) is good for all books, and we’re honored to be the place where over 550k reviewers, booksellers, librarians, educators and media discover and review.”

Considering the unique timeline for audiobook production and shorter lead-time for pre-pub promotion, we are excited to offer tools and reports that can immediately expand the work audio publishers are already doing to promote their titles (both frontlist and backlist). It’s our privilege to begin this partnership with audio publishers and continue to evolve to meet their growing needs.

The NetGalley Shelf app is the exclusive way for members to listen to audiobooks made available on NetGalley. Audiobook files are downloaded within the NetGalley Shelf app before playback begins so members will be able to continue listening even if their device goes offline.

We proudly welcome the audiobook community to NetGalley! 

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