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Hi! What is a Beta Reader?
Occupation: Beta Reader
Deffinition: An author's first time reader ( other than friends or family) before the actual editor. A Beta reader must have at a minimum:
An Executive Beta Reader should have all of the skills above and the following:
Occupation: Beta Reader
Deffinition: An author's first time reader ( other than friends or family) before the actual editor. A Beta reader must have at a minimum:
- Good communication skills
- High School Grade level vocabulary and some english grammar skills ( american or british preffered)
- ability to read in a timely fashion
- an email address
- an opinion
An Executive Beta Reader should have all of the skills above and the following:
- A supreme love of reading, bordering on obsession
- an open mind to new things
- the ability to research the unfamiliar.
- the ability to multi task
- the ability to read more than one project at a time and not get lost
- time and energy and love to put into each and every author out there.