NetGalley Shelf

2.5
673 reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

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.
Updated on
Dec 6, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info
This app may collect these data types
Personal info and App activity
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

2.6
591 reviews
Antoniette Barracato
April 1, 2024
I use five different apps to listen to audiobooks, but this one is used specifically to listen to Advanced Reader Copy audiobooks. Here's a few reasons I find this app truly frustraing... If I pause my book for longer, I can't just hit play to start it back up; I have to go back and reopen the book. Books I have downloaded frequently disappear from my shelf making it impossible for me to listen and review the books I've commited to reviewing. The speed settings are extremely limited.
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Tanya Augsburger
March 17, 2024
Could use some work. I personally would suggest being able to sort my Shelf by Give Feedback and have it automatically sort by when the books will be archived. This way I can better prioritize what to read next withoit having to tap on every book and try to remember the dates. At the very least, maybe put the Archiving date for each book on the list (if you can't sort). I can't seem to browse on the app like I do on my browser. Browser is definitely better for looking for new books to add.
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Josh Hedgepeth
January 15, 2024
2024: It's not nearly as unusable as it was on release. Still, some books don't download and streaming is a miserable and inconsistent experience. How the hell do I review a book I can't listen to? Even when it does download and play, I can't control playback with my headphones. It will continue if I push play like 10s after I pause it. Any longer and I have to reopen the app to continue playing. I am so close to just exporting the audiobooks to my own player as convoluted as that would be.
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What's new

Small improvements and bug fixes