BetaManuscript gives you a focused place to read an author's manuscript, save your progress, and leave feedback on the exact passages that made you react.
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The glass corridor
By the time the bell rang, she had already decided to leave. The letter in her pocket made every corridor feel narrower.
Then she saw the door at the end of the hall standing open. Nobody had mentioned a door.
The room beyond it was dark, except for the thin line of light beneath the desk.
Read
Read each manuscript chapter by chapter in a clean, distraction-free view. Everything you have been invited to read stays in one reading list.
Notice
Highlight the exact passage that made you pause, smile, doubt, or want to keep reading.
Explain
Confusion, delight, doubt, curiosity—tell the author what you experienced and which passage caused it.
Continue
When you complete a chapter, your progress is saved, so you can return to the next chapter later.
The reading flow
Your author sends you a private invitation by email. Create an account or sign in with the same email address to access the manuscript and save your progress.
The manuscript appears in your reading list with its chapters, deadline, and saved reading progress in one place.
Highlight the passage that made you react, choose a feedback tag, and add a note when you want to explain why.
Complete chapter or manuscript surveys while your reactions are fresh, or return to them later from your reader workspace.
A useful reaction is enough
Your job is not to rewrite the manuscript. Tell the author where you felt engaged, confused, unconvinced, or eager to continue—and point to the passage that caused that reaction.
I was hooked here because…
I lost the thread when…
I expected… but instead…
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Your account keeps invited manuscripts private, saves your reading progress, and gathers your current reading rounds in one place.
No. Your annotations and survey responses are visible to you and the author, not to other beta readers.
Yes. Open your own annotation to change its tag or comment, or delete it. The selected passage stays fixed.
No. Your invitation gives you private access to the manuscript. Do not copy or share it with anyone else.
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