List of Beta Reading Services: Where to Find Your Test Audience

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If you’re writing a book, you’ve probably been advised to let others read your manuscript before sending it off to professional editors, agents, or publishers.

But whom should you entrust with your precious draft in exchange for some honest feedback? While your friends and loved ones might seem the most convenient options, you need to consider how honest you think they can actually be with you.

Will your mom really tell you if your main character is fatally unlikable? Will your best friend really tell you that your pacing sucks?

It’s possible, but the chances aren’t really in your favor. That’s why you need beta readers—the people who are avid readers of your genre, who represent your target audience—to give you honest, objective critiques.

List of Beta Reading Services

So where do you find these mysterious beta readers? Are there really complete strangers out there willing to read your book and provide constructive criticism so you can make it better?

The answer is yes! And one of the quickest, most efficient ways to find them is through a beta reader service.

These services will match you with readers in your target audience, who will read your manuscript and provide a summary or report of everything they liked and didn’t like about your book.

So without further ado, here’s a list of beta reading services that will get your book into the right test readers’ hands.

WebsitePricing Genres
TCK PublishingFreeAll
Entrada Publishing$85All
I am, IndeedRequest quote: [email protected]All
Lilly's Book World$20 per 100,000 wordsRomance, YA, Fantasy
Literary Titan$89All
Your Beta Reader$100-$200All
Pro Beta Reader$100-$150 per 100,000 wordsAll
Self-Publishing Review$129All
The Moon Who ListensRequest quoteAll
Critique CircleFreeAll

The Importance of Beta Readers

You should always get your manuscript professionally edited, but an editor’s perspective is often different from a reader’s perspective.

Beta readers can critique your book from that unique reader point of view, letting you know what works (and what doesn’t) in your book.

And if you’re writing about different cultures, sensitive topics, or other complex themes, you should also consider working with sensitivity readers, who can point out inaccuracies in terms of culture and representation, stereotyping or bias, and politically incorrect language. 

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