Our team of professional beta readers and editors provide valuable feedback to take your story to the next level. We have beta readers for Fantasy, YA, Women’s Fiction, and all subgenres of Romance.
We’re excited to announce our expanded Story Services! Scroll down to learn more
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Professional Beta Reading
Our experienced team of professional beta readers provide valuable reaction feedback to take your story to the next level, including analysis of:
- Reader Experience & Genre Standards
- Plot Holes & Timeline Consistency
- Character Motivation & Likability
- Conflict Development and Resolution
- If Applicable for genre: World-building, Lore, Setting & Situational Realism, Regional Language, Character Relationships
- For Romance: Efficacy of Romantic Chemistry and Tension, Tropes, Choreography, and Steam Level
$1.50
per 1,000 manuscript words
Premium Beta Reading
Our Premium Beta Reading Service is perfect for the author seeking an affordable, but more in-depth, evaluation of their manuscript. Our Premium Beta Reading Service includes valuable reaction feedback and analysis of, as well as solutions and suggestions for:
- Story Structure
- Continuity, Pacing & Flow
- Light Stylistic Editing (overused words and phrases, word choice, tone)
- Light Line Editing (sentence structure, grammar, spelling, punctuation)
- Reader Experience & Genre Standards
- Plot Holes & Timeline Consistency
- Character Motivation & Likability
- Conflict Development and Resolution
- If Applicable for genre: World-building, Lore, Setting & Situational Realism, Regional Language, Character Relationships
- For Romance: Efficacy of Romantic Chemistry and Tension, Tropes, Choreography, and Steam Level
$2
per 1,000 manuscript words
Quick Pass Beta Reading
Perfect for a tight deadline or a quick look before rewrites. Includes chapter-level in-line reaction feedback of:
- Pacing & Flow
- Reader Experience & Genre Standards
- Plot Holes
- Character Likability
- Efficacy of Romantic Chemistry, Tropes, and Steam Level
$1
per 1,000 manuscript words
All of our Beta Reading Services include in-line comments and feedback within the text itself, as well as a single-page Feedback Document detailing overall impressions and evaluation of your manuscript based on genre trends, tropes, and reader experience.
Add On Services:
Book All Your Services At Once for Special Discounts! Add-On services are available in the Beta Booking Form
- Quotes & Teaser Service
[SAVE UP TO 40%!]
Our authors love this service where we pull the most eye-catching teasers from your book for use in promotional materials. Please select your options in the next field. - Team Beta Reading Service – Professional
[SAVE 33%!]
Want more eyes on your manuscript? Add an additional Professional Beta Reader for only $1/1,000 manuscript words - Team Beta Reading Service – Premium [SAVE 25%!]
Want more eyes on your manuscript? Add an additional Professional Beta Reader for only $1.50/1,000 manuscript words
- Book a Video Follow Up With Rachel
[SAVE 33%!]
In this 30 minute Live Buddy Session, Rachel helps you work through any pesky plot holes or story struggles, offering a fresh perspective and brainstorm new outcomes together. $25 per 30 minute session.
Proofreading
Our Proofreading Service includes a thorough analysis of your manuscript for typos, missing words, and grammar and punctuation mistakes. While our Beta Readers occasionally make note of typos and other proofreading concerns as they see them, our Beta Reading packages do not include comprehensive proofreading by default.
starting at:
$1
per 1,000 manuscript words
Line Editing
For authors in need of an affordable story analysis beyond Beta Reading, we now offer Line Editing, where we provide extensive line-by-line feedback to help your story shine its brightest. This service includes:
- All Premium Beta Reading Analysis, PLUS:
- Stylistic Editing
- Comprehensive analysis of overused words and phrases
- Word choice
- Tone
- Sentence structure
- Story flow
- Proofreading (completed at the same time as the line edit)
Our Line Editing service is most effective later in your writing process, as it includes story and mechanical editing.
Turnaround time for Line Editing requires at least 2 business days per 10k manuscript words. *LIMITED AVAILABILITY – Cannot be added to projects with a deadline within 6 weeks.*
starting at:
$3.50
per 1,000 manuscript words
Developmental Editing
We’re thrilled to now offer Developmental Editing for our authors who need an extensive evaluation of their story in it’s earlier writing stage. This service includes:
- All Premium Beta Reading Analysis, PLUS:
- Stylistic Editing
- Comprehensive analysis of overused words and phrases
- Word choice
- Tone
- Sentence structure
- Story flow
- A thirty (30) minute video consultation
- Quote & Teaser Service Add-On FREE (for standalone service only, completed in a second session after revisions)
Our Developmental Editing service is most effective early in your writing process, as it includes story and conceptual editing.
Turnaround time for Developmental Editing requires at least 2 business days per 10k manuscript words. *LIMITED AVAILABILITY – Cannot be added to projects with a deadline within 6 weeks.*
starting at:
$3.00
per 1,000 manuscript words