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June 27th: To request or not to request: how do you limit ARC requests?I request those that I really really want. Sometimes I do fall for a nice request even if not my genre, but I am all I should give it a go. You never know.
Those emails I get are the easiest to say no to. I just do not bother. They always claim they have read my reviews and then I get a request for something that I would never review. They are always so full of themselves too and come with demands. Those ARC requests I just delete. Less to think about.
I have also gotten better limiting, well good emails ;) My weak point now is netgalley. I try to stay away, but sometimes they just look so shiny! I am sort of glad Edelweiss turns me down 99% of the time, and that I just can not navigate that site.
I also do check that I do not have to many requests, I can not read them all after all. And I want to read some of my own books too, that is the project I started 2 years ago. Read my own books, request less.
Luci in Feb
Great post I don't request too many because of my editorial review contracts that I have to get out each month, but like you there are a few that I MUST HAVE :)
ReplyDeleteI am all WANT lol
DeleteI just quit asking for ARCs! They tended to stress me out more than I enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteI am happy for NG cos u can read them months before, makes it easier
DeleteI try to limit ARCs too but, sometimes, that's easier said than done. I do a pretty good staying off Netgalley.
ReplyDeleteSo difficult at times
DeleteOf I head over to NG or Edelweiss, I go only to search for a title I want. Most days I get emails and pick and choose from them. I try to set a limit on those I accept. Right now audio is my weakness.
ReplyDeleteAudio is a new weakness of mine too, new and shiny!
DeleteThe library is sure good for that
ReplyDeleteIm an international blogger so it's hard for me to receive physical ARCs plus Netgalley is such a big weakness of mine too *cries*
ReplyDeleteHaniya
booknauthors.blogspot.com
evil ng with all the goodies
DeleteI don't use Edelweiss - I find it to be more complicated than Netgalley.
ReplyDeleteI don't accept many anymore so I just keep a list by the month so I don't accidentally take on too many per month.
If I'm reading ahead of schedule then I can take a few more but I'm reading more for fun these days.
For What It's Worth
It is s freaking complicated :/
DeleteNetgalley is a huge weakness for me. Edelweiss I just cannot navigate, is there a trick to it? As far as ARC review requests I just accept from publishers or publicists and then it is usually a Netgalley Widget link to the book.
ReplyDeleteI will never understand it. I go there a few times a year and get confused
DeleteI don't use netgalley anymore and usually only review books that I buy myself.
ReplyDeleteIt is easier then
DeleteLuci in Feb is so cute. Yeah those emails are very easy to delete. lol
ReplyDeleteSO easy ;)
DeleteIt seems like everyone hates it! Why do they not make it easier+
ReplyDeleteI've joined netgalley... I'm hoping that I can resist the demon that tells me to request all the pretties because since I'm more than likely to be refused then find myself suddenly accepted and swamped! lol
ReplyDeleteHehe. the demon is hard to resist
DeleteI get them on NetGalley or Edelweiss now if I'm gettings ARCs. Otherwise I'm just buying them lol
ReplyDeleteYay for NG
DeleteI'm sorry, setting limits? I'm not sure I know what that means...LOL! In all seriousness though, I follow the same guidelines a lot of people have already suggested, i.e. request only the books I REALLY want to read, though I'll sometimes consider interesting books that are pitched to me. I am always caving to NetGalley though, but I still make sure only to request only if I'm comfortably above the suggested stats (I like to be at least 90%).
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
I survive by only looking at romance on NG ;)
DeleteIts so hard to limit review books so that we can read our own books! I usually request only what I really want to read but sometimes requests from publishers push me into saying yes at times!
ReplyDeleteI have been bad now, why do I say yes when I do not have that much time, oh well
DeleteI've really limited my requesting,too. Ugh, agreed, Edelweiss' site is a nightmare!
ReplyDeleteI do hate it, blergh
DeleteI've been really trying o be super picky lately as my time is so limited. Hard to do though...
ReplyDeleteSo freaking hard
DeleteI've tried limiting my requests, too. I agree about Edelweiss - especially their new system. I can't get around it at all. I'm trying to stay away from NetGalley but it's not easy.
ReplyDeleteI get those emails, too, saying they read my blog and then request a review of a book not in my genre at all.
seems everyone is lost. so glad i am not the only one
DeleteNet Galley is such a huge temptation for me as well. I have an Edelweiss account, but I have the same trouble- probably a good thing so I don't get overwhelmed with book temptations.
ReplyDeleteI guess we can agree then that it's good E is tricky cos else we would have too many books
DeleteKITTYYYYY!
ReplyDeleteI have such a problem with this. I tell myself no more requests and then boom...I go crazy. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteHehe
DeleteI don't take review requests (at least not from authors I don't know). I don't surf NetGalley. I request books from audio publishers. Some authors that I know will offer me a book. I do go to NetGalley when I hear of a book that I want (or an author I like) has a new book that posted.
ReplyDeleteMelanie @ Hot Listens & Rabid Reads
I mostly request from Forever so in that way NG is easy for me ;)
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