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BetaBooks 2020

Hi Everyone! I've been cheering and supporting behind the scenes since Andrew and Paul launched BetaBooks more than three years ago. After watching them build and steer the app, I’m thrilled to say that this year, they handed me the wheel. I’m now captaining this ship! We've got a lot ...

BetaBooks Fall Update

Hey everyone, It's been a while since we've updated the blog or sent out any BetaBooks news in general. Life has been a little hectic, and as you all know BetaBooks remains a nights and weekends project for me and Paul, so when our lives get too busy at the ...
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BetaBooks Update: Conventions and Conversations

Wow, it's amazing how busy we've been over the last few months! We started 2019 at a sprint and haven't slowed down since. As a result, we've communicated a lot less than we normally do, so I wanted to say hi and let you know what we've been up to.

We are part of WritersHelpingWriters Advent Calendar Giveaway!

Howdy everyone ! I had a whole winter’ worth of snow fall on me here in Raleigh this weekend. Winter hasn't even started yet! Also, something about the phrase autumn snow storm feels odd. The awesome humans over at WritersHelpingWriters are running an advent give away contest and BetaBooks is ...

How to build your audience by asking people to read

Today’s post was inspired by our decision to make Invitation Links, previous a BetaBooks Pro feature, available to everyone on the site. If you’d like to know more about that you can read the announcement here . We get a lot of questions from new authors about how to invite ...