What's the difference between Marketability Analysis, Manuscript Analysis, and Virtual Beta Reader?
Marketability Analysis, Manuscript Analysis, and Virtual Beta Reader are all on-demand, in-depth reports designed to run on your entire manuscript. Along with these similarities, there are several differences in the types of feedback they provide and the specific benefits of using them.
Marketability Analysis is a comprehensive publishing toolkit that gives you detailed market insights, ready-to-use resources, and strategic publishing plans for your current book and beyond. It generates an in-depth report based on your entire manuscript, covering crucial aspects of publishing and marketing. You’ll also get assets such as book cover design briefs, query letter templates, and a full-length synopsis.
Manuscript Analysis gives you detailed feedback on your entire manuscript, ordered by importance. It offers specific, targeted advice on aspects of your story such as plot, characterization, story structure, narrative themes, and dialogue.
Virtual Beta Reader gives you first-person insights and opinions from a reader’s perspective. It looks for aspects of your story that would engage the reader including emotional connection, hooks, possible drop-offs, and memorable moments.
Here’s an at-a-glance comparison of the differences between each critique:
| Marketability Analysis | Manuscript Analysis | Virtual Beta Reader | |
| What it does | Provides a comprehensive publishing toolkit including overviews, action plans, and ready-made resources such as letter templates and design briefs. | Provides a comprehensive analysis of the characters, plot, and setting in your story. Prioritizes which aspects to improve in your story and provides the rationale for these suggested actions. | Offers feedback on your story from the reader’s perspective, helping you understand the reading experience, emotional journey, and how your story resonates overall. |
| Type of feedback it provides | Provides an in-depth report with six sections that cover crucial aspects of publishing and marketing your story:
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Provides an in-depth report with five sections that cover key aspects of your story:
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Provides in-depth, first-person feedback across four key categories:
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| Recommended word count | For entire manuscripts between 4,000 and 300,000 words. | For entire manuscripts between 4,000 and 300,000 words. | For entire manuscripts between 4,000 and 300,000 words. |
| How much does it cost to run? | One run of Marketability Analysis costs one Manuscript Analysis Credit as an introductory offer. | One run of Manuscript Analysis costs one Manuscript Analysis Credit. | One run of Virtual Beta Reader costs one Manuscript Analysis Credit. |
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