I need Beta Readers

Early access to my upcoming novels plus fun gifts from the monsters!

I need beta readers, and if you’ve never heard the term before, a beta reader is a test reader who goes through an unpublished manuscript to help the author figure out what is and isn’t working with the story before the story becomes a published book.

What this entails:

• You volunteer to read my books before they are released

• You sign an NDA contract

• You provide your feedback on a deadline

• You receive gratitude gifts from the me and the monsters

What feedback I need:

• What did you like most about the book?

• What resonated with you most from the book?

• What part(s) of the book did you find exciting?

• What did you not like about the book?

• What part(s) did you find boring?

• What part(s) did you find unclear?

• What part(s) of the storyline or plot did you find confusing?

• What is the book missing?

• Where did the book disappoint you?

• What would have made the ending more satisfying?

What you don’t have to do:

• You do not need to edit my book — this means you don’t have to worry about grammar, sentence structure, or anything else my team of professional editors take care of before publication

What’s in it for you?

• Early access to my novels

• A chance to influence the final published version

• A character named after you in a future story, if you’d like

• Book-specific thank you swag

Right now I’m looking for readers my next two novels:

1. Black Kate and the Sea Witch (a Ceoghast Collection novel)

   

2. The Knight’s Seer (a medieval-esque romantasy unrelated to the Ceoghast Collection)

How this works:

• Send an email to contact@justusjoseph.com with your interest in being a beta reader

• I add you to my potential beta readers list

• When a book is ready for beta readers, I email the list with a description of the book that needs beta readers

• If you’re interested in being a beta reader for that book, reply to that email saying you want in

• I select a few reader readers from the pool of those interested

• I send the beta reader NDA contract (it essentially says you can’t share any part of the book with anyone else)

• You sign the NDA and send it back

• You receive a copy of the manuscript

• You provide feedback in a Google document as you read the manuscript

• After you’ve read the manuscript and provided feedback, you receive a few gratitude gifts from me and the monsters

If this sounds like an activity you’d like to take on, you can email contact@justusjoseph.com to be added to the Beta Reader list!

With gratitude,