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beta reader
noun
A person proofreading another person's text before the latter makes it available to the general public.
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When a beta reader requests a hard copy.
She is also a book blogger for A Well Read Woman Blog, an author interviewer, a professional beta reader, and a caffeinated book reviewer.
What you need is a good critique partner (aka beta reader), someone who can give you a fair, unbiased opinion of your writing and useful advice.
Interacting online also gives your beta reader an opportunity to carefully word his or her comments and lets you take some time to process any criticisms before you respond.
Take responsibility for what you CAN control: connecting with people who do review, who enjoy your genre, who are involved and perhaps somewhat invested as you as a writer (i.e., someone who reviewed your previous work, or maybe a beta reader).
Find a beta reader.
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I have a dedicated team of beta readers for each novel, as well as an editor.
However, a major focus — and key to the startup's unique publishing model — is the beta readers section.
In addition to one-click support for iBooks, Kindle and Nook, Vellum also allows exporting to Epub files for distribution to beta readers.
They also vote on which books will be accepted and their input as well as the input of a panel of beta readers helps inform the acquisition decision.
Sending versions of books back and forth amongst editors and beta readers for comments just ends up with lots of documents that have to be merged together by hand, a tedious process that's prone to error.
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