2025 NetGalley Category Spotlights

Boost discoverability and activity with a week-long spotlight on NetGalley.com category pages.


More info/examples here.


2025 prices:

$190 USD per title/category/week for these categories: Romance, Teen & YA, Mystery & Thrillers, Sci Fi & Fantasy

$175 USD per title/category/week: all other categories


Multi-Category Bundle:

Reserve the same Spotlight on 2 or 3 Categories during the same week for a special bundle price ($150 USD/ea). Top categories (Romance, Teen & YA, Mystery & Thrillers, Sci Fi & Fantasy) are not eligible for discounted/bundled pricing.


Match your goal and title availability:

Request Spotlight: Increase impressions and requests

Read Now Spotlight: Instantly boost downloads and reviews

Retail Spotlight: Drive pre-orders or backlist buys


Category Spotlights can include books or audiobooks!


Promotions are finalized at the discretion of the NetGalley marketing team, and placement is not guaranteed.


Contact promotions@netgalley.com with any questions. See all of NetGalley's Promotions here.


Must be an active NetGalley client before submitting booking form. For information on becoming a NetGalley client, please start here.

Enter a company name that matches the publisher list in NetGalley, or your client account name (if different from the book's publisher).

Indicate “title TBD” if you're reserving in advance and aren’t sure yet which book you’ll want to promote.

Must match ISBN in NetGalley

Spotlights run Monday - Sunday, so please select a Monday start date. We will confirm the final timing with you directly.

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The book must have the selected category enabled on the title details page. Note slightly higher price for top 4 categories (Romance, YA, Mystery & Thrillers, Sci Fi & Fantasy).

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Reserve the same Spotlight on 2 or 3 Categories during the same week for a special bundle price ($150 USD/ea). Top categories (Romance, Teen & YA, Mystery & Thrillers, Sci Fi & Fantasy) are not eligible for discounted/bundled pricing. All Spotlight details must be duplicated - book, text, CTA, etc - and all Spotlights must occur concurrently during the same week. The book must have the selected categories enabled on the title details page. We will confirm availability for your categories & total pricing via email. Please indicate your preferred additional categories below.

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For "Request" and "Read Now" or "Listen Now" Spotlight Types: books should be active (not archived) on NetGalley for at least two weeks after the end date of the promotion, to allow approved members time to download.

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Please check this box if you would like us to schedule the book's "Read Now" or "Listen Now" availability in NetGalley on your behalf. We will pre-schedule "Read Now" or "Listen Now" availability to occur only for the duration of the promotion. Availability settings for this title in NetGalley will switch to "Request" upon completion of the promotion dates.

Provide the exact URL leading to the deal / pre-order / purchasing page on the retailer website (e.g. Amazon or publisher website). If promoting a specific price deal, it must be live on the Preferred Run Date that you have selected.

Provide your preferred headline, such as the hook/sales handle. This will be the largest text that readers will see. (We reserve the right to edit for content and space.)


Headline can be up to 60 characters, including spaces. We recommend using this character count website: https://www.charactercountonline.com

Include short pitch / description of the book. This text should be as you would like it to appear to readers. (We reserve the right to edit for content and space.) See examples here.


Description should be a short paragraph (approx. 300-400 characters, including spaces). We recommend using this character count website: https://www.charactercountonline.com

This information is only for the NetGalley team, and will not be included in the promotion.

Note: We don't issue Insertion Orders, so please retain a copy of this submission and resulting confirmation emails, if necessary for your Accounting purposes. Check the "send me a copy" box below to get an email copy of this submission.


Be sure to whitelist email@et.netgalley.com and the @netgalley.com domain to ensure you receive important communications from us.

Please provide a phone number we can use to reach you directly, in the rare event that we are unable to reach you via email.

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PLEASE NOTE: Our deadlines, terms & conditions have been updated for 2025.


Deadlines: Book must be Active in NetGalley (including book cover and files) ONE WEEK PRIOR to the promotion live date, otherwise your booking may be cancelled. We encourage you (on behalf of your organization) to set a reminder in your calendar!


Rescheduling: If you need to reschedule your promotion to a later date, please notify us at least 5 business days prior to the live date otherwise you will be subject to a last-minute rescheduling fee of 25% of the price of your promotion.


Cancellations: If you need to cancel your promotion, you must notify us at least 5 business days before the live date, otherwise you will be subject to a last-minute cancellation fee of 50% of the price of your promotion.


Additional Terms & Conditions: Promotions are offered and finalized at the sole and absolute discretion of NetGalley; placement is not guaranteed and NetGalley may accept or reject any request to participate in the promotion in NetGalley’s sole and absolute discretion. In the event your request is accepted and you participate in the promotion, NetGalley does not make any promise or guarantee with respect to the generation of any sales, revenue, profits or any other results or outcome from the promotion. Any prior results do not guarantee the same or a similar outcome or any particular results. Additional terms and conditions in the NetGalley Platform Services Contract or other agreement between your organization and NetGalley apply to promotions. Please review those additional terms and conditions before proceeding.


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