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Beta readers

Readers who comment on the page, not in an email

Send a private reading link. Readers open it on any device without making an account, and leave comments and reactions right on the passage. When several readers stumble in the same place, you'll see it.

No AI involved Reader links, comments and consensus never use AI. Readers' comments are never sent to an AI provider.

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What you get

Beta readers, in detail

  • Private reading links you can revoke at any time
  • A clean, phone-friendly reading view; no reader account needed
  • Inline comments and quick reactions on any passage
  • Consensus: passages flagged by more than one reader are grouped
  • Reader comments appear in the editor margin beside your own
  • Send any comment to the revision desk
  • A small “Shared privately with Lore & Lilac” line on the reading page, which you can turn off for any link

How it works

In practice

  1. Choose what to share

    Decide which draft your readers see and create a link.

  2. Send the link

    Each reader gets a private link. They choose the name you'll see next to their comments.

  3. Collect on the page

    Comments and reactions are anchored to passages. Several readers on one line becomes a consensus note.

  4. Revise

    Turn comments into revision tasks, resolve them, and send a fresh link for the next round.

Where we draw the line

What it never does

  • Make readers create an account or pay
  • Let a link holder edit your manuscript
  • Keep a link working after you revoke it

These follow from our commitments. The studio never writes, suggests or rewrites your prose, anywhere.

Before you start

Questions writers ask

Can readers download my book?

The reading view is for reading in the browser. Anyone who can see text can copy it, so share links only with people you trust, and revoke them when the round ends.

Does it work for an editor?

Yes — many editors are happy to comment inline from a link. There's a page about that: for editors.

Try beta readers on your own draft

Import your draft from Word, Scrivener, RTF, EPUB or Markdown, or start on a blank page. The 14-day trial needs no card, and your book is exportable from the first word.

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