Want to know what people would say about your book if it was published today?
Ask the people selling, lending, and reviewing them to read it!
Writers are taught to get multiple opinions on their work before publishing or submitting. This helps them gauge their audience’s reaction and to catch things like ineffective storylines. They don’t sound like editors; they sound like readers.
What is group beta reading?
When multiple beta readers are reading your book at once. In our service, you get 3 or 5 beta reports from industry professionals within five weeks. Our readers are reviewers, librarians, booksellers, book bloggers, book marketers, editors, and authors, and they all specialize in different genres.
Our beta reports take the form of an editorial letter of at least 650+ words, covering the positives and negatives that they feel are the most important. Each report includes a star rating out of 5 as if the book was published today, and you are free to ask up to 4 questions for the beta readers to address in their letters. All letters are sent together so that writers can recognize if everyone is commenting on the same issue.
When should you hire IBR beta readers?
You can hire beta readers at any point after you finish a manuscript.
If it’s an early draft, we’d love to take a look at it. We’ll probably mention a few things that you’re already aware of, but we’ll also help you recognize additional issues that you can fix before entering drafts two or three.
If it’s a near-final draft, send that over too. Our team is skilled in recognizing narrative and character inconsistencies, lulls in the plot-line, missing motivations, and more.
Rates & turnaround time
Word count: Fee | Deadline
- Under 110k Words: $389 | 5 weeks
- Under 150k words: $429 | 6 weeks
- Under 200k words: $469 | 6 weeks
- Over 200k words: $749 | 6 weeks
expedited fees available upon request
Word count: Fee | Deadline
- Under 110k Words: $595 | 5 weeks
- Under 150k words: $645 | 6 weeks
- Under 200k words: $699 | 6 weeks
- Over 200k words: $749 | 6 weeks
expedited fees available upon request
How to get started
- Finish drafting your book. (You got this!)
- Fill out the form below.
- Once we hear from you, we’ll request the full manuscript in Microsoft Word or .pdf format & up to 3 questions you’d like answered in your beta letters.
- Make the payment above using credit card or Paypal.
- Your five-week turnaround time will begin. Are you ready?
Request a group beta read or ask a question below.
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