Netgalley Update, Halloween Bingo & A Picture of My Boyfriend!

There's still time to get your card for Halloween Bingo over at Booklikes. Visit the Halloween Bingo 2017 thread to learn more (or just ask me here). It's fun, it's free and the more spooky books in my feed, the better!

Netgalley Update:

Netgalley has responded to reader/reviewer concerns (and possibly prevented a new shitstorm of downvoting campaigns) by promising to remove "NO" voting option via a Facebook comment on their page. 

I will believe it when I see because as of today it has not been removed. Note the date they posted their response. I'm not a programmer but does it really take this long? I guess we'll have to wait and see what all of these changes are really about. Personally, I see no need for any voting options on Netgalley. Does anyone actually go to Netgalley to do anything other than nab new books?!

NetGalley We love our community of book advocates. The dedication of our members is what makes NetGalley truly special. We hope it has always been apparent how much value we place on your feedback. For any changes we've made on NetGalley (large or small), the input we receive from both our member and publisher communities is an essential piece in deciding how NetGalley evolves.

Over the past week, we have been actively collecting and analyzing all the comments we've seen related to new features. We take this process very seriously, and have worked quickly to incorporate your responses into real changes. 

We are happy to report that we're changing the "was this review helpful" buttons, to remove the "No" option and instead offer only a thumbs up. This change should go live next week (barring any last-minute ​technical ​issues​, of course). Giving our community the ability to upvote was always the main objective for this new feature. We never intended to give the impression that members would be penalized for having downvoted reviews, so we're removing that "No" button altogether. We do, however, look forward to gaining insights into what makes reviews most helpful.

For years we've heard from members that they want more ways of connecting with each other, more tools to help discover and decide which books to request, and would love the ability to see the reviews ​from​ their fellow reviewers, librarians, booksellers, educators, and media professionals. 

The goal of NetGalley has always been to help books succeed. We truly want to give your reviews the platform they deserve, to increase their visibility and value both to publishers/authors and to the overall book reviewing community. We hope this will encourage even more thoughtful reviews, community engagement, and further insight into what makes a helpful book review. 

Thank you for your dedication to helping books succeed and for your support of the NetGalley service.​ Contact us anytime at support@netgalley.com. ​

All best,
The NetGalley Team

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 · August 22 at 2:15pm

And, as promised, here's a pic of my boyfriend whom I visited yesterday at the  Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. You should go see him too even if he has been beheaded.  He's still pretty cute though, don't you think?

This exhibit was so much worth the hour trip and my $20! If any of you have an interest in spooky film memorabilia you must visit this temporary exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.