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There are all kinds of blurry lines out there, and I'm certain I'm not experienced or objective enough to know what side I'll really fall on each time. If you could get some hints from the prereaders, that might enable you to set expectations better, get early customers that best suited to your material and end up with better reviews (fewer "meh, not what I was expecting" reviews).
My cover is finished (I hope), my title is in place, and I'm considering delivering this to prereaders with the description I plan to use on my ebook page and nothing more. One quasi-direct question I'm mulling is whether it was the type of work they were expecting before they began reading.
I'm also thinking about sending my brief list of questions after they've read it, not before. I don't want to poison the well. If they don't have an impression about something I'm curious about, I'd rather they not manufacture one during reading just because they're on notice to watch for it. I think I'd rather know that x, y or z didn't actually make an impression.
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