The Legacy Collective FAQs

The Legacy Collective is Legacy Lit’s new book ambassador program! Our aim is to share Legacy Lit’s books and experiences with diverse and BIPOC readers, as well as the organizations that champion them. With your support, we aspire to elevate, celebrate, and uplift our diverse array of authors and reader communities while inspiring meaningful social change!

As a member of The Legacy Collective you will:

• Receive quarterly newsletter outreach from the Legacy Lit team with updates on our books, events, and more!
• Ability to request one hardcover and one paperback book per season
• On-demand galley requests
• Auto-approval access for all Legacy Lit titles on NetGalley, including audiobooks when available
• Special sweepstakes, event access, exclusive merch, etc.
• TikTok Affiliate Program approval with competitive commission rate
• Receive the Legacy Lit Collective welcome gift!

We learned so much from the pervious iteration of our Ambassador Program, The Heritage Alliance. It was our imprints first ambassador program. We have a wonderful and wide-ranging list of non-fiction, and now fiction titles! Our hope is that with a more formalized ambassador program, we will have more opportunities to help readers connect with directly with our books that most inspire them.

You can apply via this form. Application are open from Monday October 26th 2026 through 11:59 PM EST Sunday, November 8th 2026.

We are looking for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube creators with public, active platforms who are over 18 years old and based in the US with at least 2,000 followers.

There are a variety of factors that we look at but the most important is that you have a platform where you post your book reviews consistently and that your content is engaging. We love to see when a reviewer’s excitement for reading shines through!

The number of followers you have is not the most important factor and shouldn’t keep you from applying to our program! You may not have tens of thousands of followers, but if you post consistently, sharing thoughtful reviews or beautiful book photos that would make you a good fit for the program. 🫶🏾

No worries, friend! Everyone who applies will still be added to our influencer database and will be some of the first people marketers consider for targeted outreach for titles that match your interests/platform. Just because you aren’t accepted, doesn’t mean you won’t be seeing us in your inbox, or having the opportunity to receive and review Legacy Lit books.

Also, we will reopen applications in late 2027 for people to have the chance to reapply.

Yes! We are consistently adding new titles on NetGalley for request. See all titles currently available to request here.

Make sure your profile and bio are up-to-date! The information you provide there is all we have to go on when approving you for a title on NetGalley, so including direct links to your socials or other reviewing platform is very important. We also consider your Feedback Ratio when determining approvals so try to keep it at a high percentage for the best chance at approval.

Yes! Email us at legacylit@hbgusa to make that request and make sure to include your mailing address! If we are able to fulfill your request we will let you know.

If you’re a blogger, bookstagrammer, or influencer, we recommend you request the book on NetGalley instead! That’s the platform our marketing team uses and our primary way to share ebooks with influencers. Edelweiss approvals are handled by another department.

Email us at legacylit@hbgusa.com to make that request and make sure to include one book per email, your link to where you talk about books, why you’re excited to read, and your mailing address! If we are able to fulfill your request we will let you know.

YES! Our imprint was founded to give voice to issues, authors, and all groups that have been underrepresented, under-served, and overlooked. We strive to prioritize creators from marginalized identities when connecting readers to titles. Many of our authors wrote there books with those communities in mind. If you are a creator who is interested in any title that reflects your identity, please email us your interest at legacylit@hbgusa.com to make that request and make sure to include one book per email, your link to where you talk about books, why you’re excited to read, and your mailing address.

Finished copies of books will be available to request in our quarterly newsletter to members of The Legacy Collective. If you would like to read a book earlier, we make ebook files available on NetGalley sometimes as early as six months before publication.

Sending physical galleys is dependent on the book and strategy for that campaign. Galleys will sometimes be featured in the quarterly newsletter or be pitched to creators by the title marketer.

If there’s a specific galley you are interested in, email us at legacylit@hbgusa.com to make that request and make sure to include one book per email, your link to where you talk about books, why you’re excited to read, and your mailing address! If we are able to fulfill your request we will let you know.

Our hope is always that influencers will enjoy the complimentary book and post an honest review about it on their platform! However, we require nothing in exchange for the free copy we provide—what you post on your platform is up to your discretion. 

That’s okay! Not every book is for every reader. If you don’t want to feature a book on your platform because you didn’t enjoy it or didn’t finish it, you’re under no obligation. You are always welcome to share your honest thoughts about Legacy Lit reads and you won’t be excluded from our program if you didn’t like a book. We still appreciate the feedback, and hope that you’ll consider passing the book along to someone in your life who might enjoy it.

In general, it’s great to see reviews posted on a book’s publication day or during release week. However, there are a variety of factors that may keep you from doing that—perhaps you didn’t receive the book far enough in advance, had other content scheduled, or recieved an early galley and have a review ready way ahead of pub. That’s fine!

It’s up to you to decide when to post a review on your platform. We understand that many readers pick up books based on their mood, so sometimes you may opt for a narrative non-fiction instead of the memoir you originally planned. That’s a normal part of the reading life and a review posted at any time in the weeks leading up to and following the book’s release is still helpful to us and the author!

Posting your reviews on multiple outlets is a great way to generate buzz for an author or a book so this is always appreciated!

If you’ve been in touch with someone from the Legacy Lit team, it’s always helpful to pass along the links when your reviews are available. For members of The Legacy Collective, your quarterly request form will have an optional field where you can share links to recent reviews if you wish.

Yes, it’s a helpful way for us to see your posts about Legacy Lit books! We are @LegacyLitbooks on Instagram, X, and Youtube. We are @legacylithbg on Facebook.

If you loved a book and gave it five stars, then yes! Just remember, authors are humans with feelings so be thoughtful in the posts you choose to tag an author in.