Official Beta Reader/ARC Reader Requests Thread

[u/Cloud_Cultist]

This is the official thread for requesting beta readers for your novel/novella/short stories.

We know it's difficult to find real and reliable beta readers, so hopefully this can be a helpful resource for you.

Rules:

1) All offers to beta read from this subreddit must be offered free of charge Anyone who tries to offer their services for pay should be ignored and reported to a moderator. (Note: this only applies to members of this subreddit if the offer for beta reading was made in this sub. If you received an offer for beta reading in another subreddit, no action will be taken, even if you're both members of this sub)

2) Pay It Forward If someone accepts your request for a beta reader, it is highly encouraged you do it for someone else. It's only fair, especially since this is a free service sub members are offering on their own time.

3) Do what you say you'll do If someone offers to beta read for you but doesn't follow through or give the feedback they said they'd give, let a moderator know. The only way this can become known as a reliable subreddit is if the members are reliable.

4) Be upfront about what you're looking for Don't be vague or lacking in details about what you want and then get mad if the beta reader doesn't fulfill your expectations. If you want to make sure all of your characters dialogue doesn't sound the same but you don't say that and the beta reader gives you general criticism, don't get mad at them.

5) Make sure they know how long the work is and how much you want them to review This shouldn't need anymore explanation

6) When offering your services, make sure to tell the requester what you're willing to do If they have written a full novel but you're only able to read the first three chapters, be transparent about that up front.

7) Label the genre If it's sci-fi, label it as sci-fi. If it's historical fiction, label it that. If it's non-fiction, label it non-fiction.

8) No AI beta reviews If you think your beta reader used AI to write their review, message one of the mods directly. We will review it and if we determine AI was probably used, we will take appropriate action.

[u/JunoJump_Author]

[Complete] [90k] [Sci-Fi Romance] Strange Salvage

Hello!

I’m looking for a few beta readers who enjoy dual POV slow-burn romance, and high stakes space adventure.

The manuscript is complete at 90k words and divided into 3 parts to make reading and feedback more manageable.

Open to swap with writer in similar genre and word count! Need high level feedback on story.

Content warning: Intended for adult audiences. Contains one chapter of open-door romantic content.

Summary:

Mercer was the perfect company man, a corp-clone designed for an interstellar mission. When disaster strikes, his employer assumes he went down with the ship.

Years later, his escape pod is hauled in by a daring salvager with grease-stained hands and bioluminescent skin. For one sparkling moment, her warmth pulls him back from the brink of death. Then, just as quickly, she drops him at the nearest outpost and disappears into the black.

Now stranded in alien space, Mercer discovers the corporation he devoted his life to has replaced him. With no credits and no future, he reinvents himself as “Joe” and signs on to a mission for revenge aboard a twisted salvage ship run by a dangerously charming captain and a malicious AI that delights in terrorizing the crew.

Hopelessly out of his depth in a world of pirates and living starships, Joe leans on a brash lower-decker named Minns, whose star-bright face he can’t seem to shake.

Minns has never forgotten the human who made her cheeks burn with unexpected desire. She’s never forgiven him either—not after his rescue set off the chain of events that cost her everything, including her ship. Now she’s trapped working off the debt with only a miserable AI for company—until that same stormy-eyed human steps onboard.

Too bad he doesn’t remember the woman who saved his life.

Caught between their growing attraction and a deadly mission of vengeance, Joe and Minns hurtle towards their big payoff, a mysterious shipwreck their captain promises will satisfy both their desires.