For the most part, readers that regularly participate and keep up with their reader forms should be able to reserve any book that interests them, provided it is looking for reviews on a site that they have filled out a profile for. However, there are a number of factors that may limit or prevent books from being reserved.

Here is a list of the reasons you may be restricted or prevented from reserving a book and how to resolve them:

• The author wants reviews on a site you don’t review on

As mentioned above, unless you have filled your profile information for at least one of the review sites that the author wants reviews on, you won’t be able to reserve a book. In fact, you won’t even see that book in your list of New ARCs. In most cases, you won’t even know the book exists, although if you have the Compact sign up email setting, then you may have seen the cover in your daily ARC email.

Resolution: Fill out your profile information for ALL the sites you can review on to maximize the number of books available to you

• Your gem level is too low

If your gem level is Cracked then you are prevented from reserving more books until you raise it, but as long as it is above that level, there will always be at least some copies available of every book. Some books, however, only want a set number of readers and in those cases, some of those copies are reserved for the higher gem levels. When you go to reserve a book, you may see a message that all the copies have already been reserved for your gem level.

Resolution: Raise your gem level by participating more. You likely have too many incomplete reader forms, or aren’t picking books that interest you and thus leading to more reasons for not reviewing than actual reviews. Make sure to add reviews for the books you are sent as often as possible. You can even leave reviews on multiple sites for the same book (if the book wants reviews on multiple sites that you can review on). Even if you decide not to review, you should still complete your reader form to improve your gem level.

• You don’t have enough HGB points

Unless your gem is Cracked, you will always get enough daily HGB points when you login to reserve at least one book and if you don’t reserve a book that day, your points will carry over (up to your max). Higher gem levels get even more daily points (and have a higher max), allowing them to reserve more than one book a day. You also get points when you fill out your reader form, with higher gem levels earning more points for that as well.

Resolution: Raise your gem level, make sure to login every day to collect your daily points, and always fill out your reader forms. Adding more than one review for a book on your reader form earns even more points!

• There are no more copies available

Authors determine how many copies of their books they want to give out, and if we hit that number, you won’t be able to reserve the book. There are always copies available to all gem levels, but more copies available to higher ones that are more likely to participate.

Resolution: Make sure to visit your dashboard daily, as early as possible, to ensure you can reserve the books you want. Improving your gem level will also help!