Your manuscript deserves better than an email attachment.
BetaReadIt is the private, invitation-only platform where publishers and authors run secure beta-reading rounds: real readers, real feedback, zero scattered spreadsheets.
Beta reader? See how reading works →Sound familiar?
A file gets forwarded. Feedback comes back in ten different formats, if it comes back at all. Nobody knows who actually finished the book, or where the pacing fell apart. By the time you have collected it all, you have lost track of what needs fixing.
One place, from invite to insight
Upload your manuscript, invite the readers you choose, and watch real feedback come together in one dashboard, all without the file ever leaving your control.
Built for the people who publish
Security by design
Never downloadable, watermarked, revocable in one click.
Know who's really reading
Real coverage, not just "opened the file".
Feedback you can act on
Tags, severity and heatmaps, not scattered comments.
One place, not ten
No more email, Google Docs and spreadsheets.
Built to grow with you
One manuscript today, a full catalog tomorrow.
Versions that remember everything
Compare chapter by chapter, every round.
From draft to decision
Upload
Import your manuscript; BetaReadIt detects chapters and structure automatically.
Invite
Add the readers you trust, and set a deadline if you want one.
Read & react
Readers highlight, comment, rate chapters, and answer your questions.
Analyse & decide
See patterns, resolve feedback, export what you need, publish your next version.
Built for reading, not just reviewing
Themes, fonts, text size, scrolling or paginated mode, and reading picked up right where they left off on phone, tablet or desktop. Basically, all the comfort of your Kindle, with a feedback loop it never had.
Chapter Four
She read the last page twice before she understood what it had cost him to write it.
Chapter Four
She read the last page twice before she understood what it had cost him to write it.
Chapter Four
She read the last page twice before she understood what it had cost him to write it.
For readers
Join a manuscript you are invited to, or create your reader profile. Free, always.
A real e-reader
A real e-reader, not an uncomfortable PDF.
Pick up where you left off
Carry on on any device, exactly where you stopped.
However you start, it's easy
Invited by an author, or sign up yourself.
The right tools while you read
Highlight, comment, react, mark a favourite.
Control, not just trust
No direct downloads. Dynamic watermarking. Expiring links. Revoke access at any moment, instantly. NDA acceptance tracked per reader. We cannot promise a screenshot is impossible, because nobody honestly can, but we make manuscript access controlled, traceable and accountable.
No direct download
Never delivered as a file a reader can save or forward on.
Dynamic watermark
Every page carries a mark tied to the reader viewing it.
Expiring, revocable access
Cut off any reader's access instantly, at any moment.
NDA tracking
Acceptance recorded per reader, per manuscript, with a timestamp.
Audit log
A running record of meaningful access and activity.
Tenant isolation
One organisation's data is never visible to another.
For editorial teams
Owner, Admin, Manager, Contributor, Viewer. Assign exactly the level of access each collaborator needs, per project, instead of one all-or-nothing team account.
Every format
Simple, honest pricing
Beta readers are always free. You only pay for how many manuscripts, readers and team members you need.
Author
$9$90per monthper year, two months free
- 1 project
- 25 readers
- 1 team member
- 3 rounds
Pro
$15$150per monthper year, two months free
- 5 projects
- 100 readers
- 3 team members
- Unlimited rounds
Publisher
$49$490per monthper year, two months free
- 25 projects
- 250 readers
- 10 team members
- Unlimited rounds
Tested before it was a product
BetaReadIt was not built on assumptions. It ran for months on a real, unpublished novel with real beta readers, and every feature exists because a real beta round needed it.
From early users
Honestly, the biggest thing is just having everything in one place. I’m not digging through emails or trying to remember who sent feedback where.
I liked being able to see where readers were getting stuck without having to message everyone individually. It made the whole process feel a lot less messy.
It’s actually really nice to read in. I can leave a quick note when something stands out and then just keep going without breaking the flow.