Good news for BetaBooks authors everywhere, this week I added one of the most-requested features of all time: a drag-and-drop table of contents editor. It's pretty self explanatory, here's a gif that shows you the whole thing: Most BetaBooks authors are importing their book once and doing editing in their ...

Stories of a first book pulled from the slush pile, a chance whisper at a party leading to a publishing deal, or a subway meet cute miracle resulting in best seller status emerge regularly. Those stories never go away. They just linger in the ether, digging into our minds. They ...

Since Paul and I launched BetaBooks, the most common feature request has been for Inline Feedback. And since we launched BetaBooks, the most consistent praise we've received is for not letting readers leave inline comments. It turns out that inline comments are a bit controversial :) This left us with ...

We recently announced a major evolution of the reader community on BetaBooks. The former Beta Reader Pool has now become "Pam's Beta Jam," our inaugural "Book Club." We now have the tools in place to host more than one book club on the site. This is an exciting opportunity for ...

This month we officially transitioned the former "Beta Reader Pool" to its new home as "Pam's Beta Jam." This is an exciting change for me and Paul, as Pam has been running the pool for some time and has been doing a great job with it. We're glad to see ...