Whois & Analysis for netgalley.com

NetGalley is a website initially launched in 2008 aimed towards the distribution of digital galley proofs of books, some of which have not yet been released.

NetGalley was developed as an alternative to the production of paper galleys and has since evolved into a key marketing and publicity platform for publishers and authors.

Publishers that offer e-galleys include Harlequin Enterprises, Hachette, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and many others in the US, Canada, UK and Australia, as well as France and Germany.

The site offers electronic galleys to "professional readers" such as book reviewers, journalists, librarians, professors, booksellers, and bloggers.

In printing and publishing, proofs are the preliminary versions of publications meant for review by authors, editors, and proofreaders, often with extra-wide margins.

Galley proofs may be uncut and unbound, or in some cases electronically published.

They are created for proofreading and copyediting purposes, but may be used for promotional and review purposes also.

A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other materials, fastened together to hinge at one side, with text and/or images printed in ink.

A single sheet within a book is a leaf, and each side of a leaf is a page.

A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format for reading on a computer screen, smartphone or e-reader device is known as an electronic book, or e-book.

Publishing is the dissemination of literature, music, or information—the activity of making information available to the general public.

In some cases, authors may be their own publishers, meaning originators and developers of content also provide media to deliver and display the content for the same.

Also, the word publisher can refer to the individual who leads a publishing company or an imprint or to a person who owns/heads a magazine.