I’m thinking of starting up a Facebook beta readers group for women’s fiction/family relationship dramas. Authors who have books in this category and who would like more reviews can join up and receive free books to read and review, and hopefully other members will pick their book for reading and reviewing too.
If I can get about 20 – 30 members I think it would be worth setting one up. Please leave a comment if you write in this genre and would like more reviews for your books. It would be give and take; you would add your own book, but you would also need to read and review another one. If all members are active, then it would not be a ‘review swap’ group, as members would pick a book that interests them. No money need change hands, as members would provide a copy for free.
Have you had experience of one of these beta reading groups? Do you think it’s a good idea? If you joined one in the past, did you find that authors tended to drop out or not participate?
Let me know if you’re interested. Thanks and best wishes from Stevie.
Stevie Turner 
If you ever do one for fantasy, that would be the one for me.
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There’s a problem in that I don’t read or write fantasy, but thinking about it I don’t know if it would be better to open it up to every genre?
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Perhaps not restricting it would help you reach “critical mass?”
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Possibly, but will see how much interest I get.
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I know it is an accepted category, but I am far from clear as to what constitutes ‘women’s fiction’. Why is it still thought that women’s tastes in reading are different from men’s? And if it is the case that they are different, why is that so and what does it say about the reality of ‘equality’ of the sexes?
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I have read in the past that women’s fiction is based on family relationships and women’s life experiences. Men usually like more action and suspense I think.
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