EarlyWord

Our October GalleyChat occurred on October 2, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, October 2025: a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or library marketing friends who chatted up the books. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next GalleyChat is scheduled for Thursday, November 6, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST).

The next LibraryReads deadline is November 1, for books publishing in December.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

Our September GalleyChat occurred on September 4, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, September 2025: a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or library marketing friends who chatted up the books. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next GalleyChat is scheduled for Thursday, October 2, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST).

The next LibraryReads deadline is October 1, for books publishing in November.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

Our August GalleyChat occurred on August 7, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, August 2025: a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or library marketing friends who chatted up the books. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next GalleyChat is scheduled for Thursday, September 4, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST).

The next LibraryReads deadline is September 1, for books publishing in October.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

Our July GalleyChat occurred on July 10, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

There is no spreadsheet for July, but there will be in August! Feel free to create a spreadsheet or PDF by selecting all titles in the catalog and performing an export.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next GalleyChat is scheduled for Thursday, August 7, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST).

The next LibraryReads deadline is August 1, for books publishing in September.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on June 5, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, June 2025: a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or library marketing friends who chatted up the books. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

If you have any trouble downloading the spreadsheet or have comments or issues, please let us know.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Please note schedule change due to holiday: our next chat is scheduled for Thursday, July 10, 2025, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST). We hope you will join us as we chat up some upcoming adult fiction and nonfiction that has captured our interest!

The next LibraryReads deadline is July 1, for books publishing in August.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on May 1, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, May 2025: a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or marketers who chatted up the books. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

If you have any trouble downloading the spreadsheet or have comments or issues, please let us know.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next chat is scheduled for Thursday, June 5, 2025, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST). We hope you will join us as we chat up some of the most incredible forthcoming adult fiction and nonfiction!

The next LibraryReads deadline is June 1, for books publishing in July.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on April 3, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, April 2025: a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or marketers who chatted up the books. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

If you have any trouble downloading the spreadsheet or have comments or issues, please let us know.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next chat is scheduled for Thursday, May 1, 2025, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST). We hope you will join us as we chat up some of the most incredible forthcoming adult fiction and nonfiction!

The next LibraryReads deadline is April 1, for books publishing in May.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on March 6, at our new home on BlueSky.

Here is our March EWGC Edelweiss catalog where you can download DRCs of our picks!

There will be no Google spreadsheet this month. Check the Note fields in the individual titles within the Edelweiss catalog for the names of the chatters.

Hot galleys are marked 3-PEAT and 3-PEAT+ in the Note fields.

LMR designates Library Marketing Representatives of publishers.

LibraryReads votes are due the first day of each month prior to month of publication. A book published in May 2025 has a deadline of April 1, so get those votes in!

We have a separate catalog of upcoming diversity titles that you should check out!

To read the full chat, log into Bluesky and search the platform by #ewgc.

Please join us on Bluesky for our next GalleyChat on Thursday, April 3 at 4 p.m. EST. Virtual cocktails precede the chat at 3:30 p.m. EST.

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on February 6, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, February 2025: a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or marketers who chatted up the books. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

If you have any trouble downloading the spreadsheet or have comments or issues, please let us know.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next chat is scheduled for Thursday, March 6, 2025, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST). We hope you will join us as we chat up some of the most incredible forthcoming adult fiction and nonfiction of 2025!

The next LibraryReads deadline is March 1, for books publishing in April.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

EarlyWord GalleyChat is alive in 2025! We know many of you have been using our site as a tool for collection development, readers’ advisory, and personal reading recommendations for over a decade, so we are delighted to continue this crucial work.

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on January 2, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, January 2025: a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or marketers who chatted up the books. As always, diversity titles are noted. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley. If you have any trouble downloading the spreadsheet or have comments or issues, please let us know.

Edelweiss catalog includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next chat is scheduled for Thursday, February 6, 2025, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST). We hope you will join us as we chat up some of the most enjoyable book galleys of Spring and Summer 2025.

The next LibraryReads deadline is February 1, for books publishing in March.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

A bunch of librarians and book lovers posted their 10 favorite books published in 2024 on BlueSky, using the hashtag #LibFaves24. An amazing 464 votes total were cast, with 346 unique book titles mentioned in the chat!

Here are the top books with five votes or more, and a link to the spreadsheet of all the titles.

8 votes each: James by Percival Everett and The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley.

7 votes each: Funny Story by Emily Henry and Sandwich by Catherine Newman.

6 votes: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

5 votes: Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe, The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich, The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst, and The Women by Kristin Hannah.

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on December 5, at our new home on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs.

To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

— EarlyWord GalleyChat, December 2024— link to a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or marketers who chatted up the books. As always, diversity titles are noted. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

NOTE: If you have any trouble downloading the spreadsheet or have comments or issues, please let us know.

— Edelweiss catalog — includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next chat is scheduled for Thursday, January 2, 2025, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST on BlueSky (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST).

The next LibraryReads deadline is January 1, for books publishing in February.

Please give special attention to our list of diversity titles for 2025.

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on November 7, on Twitter/X. Future GalleyChats will occur on BlueSky. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs. To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

— EarlyWord GalleyChat, November 2024 — link to a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. A “pinch hitter” compiled the chat from the tweets and searching by hashtag and keyword appears to be broken, so “Chatter(ers)” and “Popularity” columns are missing and will reappear in the future. As always, diversity titles are noted. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

NOTE: If you have any trouble downloading the spreadsheet or have comments or issues, please let us know.

— Edelweiss catalog — includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next chat is scheduled for Thursday, December 5, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST).

The next LibraryReads deadline is November 1, for books publishing in December.

Please give special attention to our list of upcoming diversity titles.

In 2010, Nora Rawlinson of EarlyWord started a monthly chat with librarians to discuss forthcoming books, who soon discovered the value of knowing books readers were excited to see published and how helpful the compiled lists were for collection development.

The discussion continues but will move from “X” to BlueSky on December 5.

So please follow GalleyChat to our new home to talk with fellow librarians about your favorite (and not-so-favorite) recent galleys, held the first Thursday of the month) from 4 to 5 pm, ET.  Join us at 3:30 for “pre-Chat” virtual cocktails. Hashtag: #ewgc.

To join EarlyWord’s GalleyChat:

1. If you are not already on Bluesky, set up an account.
2. Set an alarm on your calendar to remind you of the chat dates and times.
3. Just before the discussion begins, log on to Bluesky or whatever interface you prefer.
4. To follow the discussion, enter #ewgc to track the GalleyChat posts.
5. To post a comment, make sure that you include hashtag #ewgc . Please write book titles in ALL CAPS, to make them stand out. Since this is a chat about galleys, we ask that you only post about forthcoming books, adult fiction or nonfiction.

We look forward to seeing you in our new home!

Our latest GalleyChat occurred on October 3, on Twitter/X. Here are the links to the chat and the Edelweiss catalog where you can request and download DRCs. To read the full chat, log in and search the platform by #ewgc.

— EarlyWord GalleyChat, October 2024 — link to a spreadsheet of the titles on Google Docs. Includes the chatters or marketers who chatted up the books and a new 3-PEAT or 3-PEAT + popularity column indicating books with mentions by three or more unaffiliated chatters. As always, diversity titles are noted. LibraryReads deadlines and notes on DRCs are only available on NetGalley.

NOTE: If you have any trouble downloading the spreadsheet or have comments or issues, please let us know.

— Edelweiss catalog — includes covers, publisher marketing information, and links to Edelweiss DRCs.

Our next chat is scheduled for Thursday, November 7, from 4 to 5 p.m. EST (virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. EST).

The next LibraryReads deadline is November 1, for books publishing in December.

Please give special attention to our lists of diversity titles for 2024 and also for 2025.