The ARC Review Planner | ARC Tracker & Book Review Organiser

The ARC Review Planner 📚

Love receiving ARCs but find yourself trying to remember what you requested, what needs reading, when the review is due and where you've posted it?

I created The ARC Review Planner to bring all of that information together in one place.

I've been reviewing books for many years, from receiving publisher book mail through my original book platform to working directly with indie authors and reviewing ARCs today. I wanted a system that made the organising side of book reviewing easier - without taking the enjoyment out of reading.

This reusable Excel workbook takes you from ARC request → reading → review → published feedback, with tools to help you stay organised along the way.

Inside you'll find:

📚 ARC Tracker with publication dates, review deadlines and reading status

📊 Dashboard for an at-a-glance overview

✍️ Review Planner for capturing your thoughts as you read

💭 Review Writing Toolkit with prompts, genre-specific questions, spoiler-free frameworks and rating guidance

✅ Review Checklist to keep track of where you've posted

🔗 Review Links organiser

📬 Publisher Tracker for contacts, programs, submission information and request history

💌 Publisher & Author Request Toolkit with a reusable request framework and follow-up guidance

📈 Feedback Ratio Tracker

💡 ARC Reviewer Success Guide

The Review Writing Toolkit is designed around prompts, not canned reviews. It's there to help you organise what you thought about the book and turn those thoughts into a review that still sounds like you.

The Publisher & Author section is informed by my own experience receiving publisher book mail and working directly with indie authors. It provides practical organisation and request guidance, but of course no system or email template can guarantee an ARC approval.

Perfect for: NetGalley reviewers, BookSirens readers, publisher and indie-author ARCs, and reviewers juggling digital, print or audiobook review copies.

What you'll receive

One reusable Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) digital workbook with built-in formulas, dropdowns, deadline tracking and clearly marked sample information to help you get started.

Please note: This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped. Microsoft Excel or compatible spreadsheet software capable of opening .xlsx files is required. Features and formatting may display differently in other spreadsheet programs.

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