[Steven Lake]

Okay, you'll have to forgive me if either I or someone else has already asked this question, but I can't seem to find anything on this topic. Anyhow, what I'm looking for is to know what the general policy is on asking for feedback readers around here. What I mean by a "feedback" reader is just someone who looks over the story flow, finds plot holes, incomplete info, etc. IE, stuff readers would typically gripe about.

The things I typically see feedback readers doing is not the same things that editors would do. They go after the meat and potatoes stuff usually like spelling and grammar. Feedback readers go after what the end user will typically focus on, like "what was your favorite character?" or "what did you like/hate about the book?" and so on. Kind of a "what worked and what didn't" kinda read through from which they provide feedback on the story so you can fix those problems before the book goes to the editor.

So I'm not thinking free editor services here. More of a you get to read my book for free and I get your feedback in return. That kinda thing. You could call it a swap if you wanted. Anyhow, I don't know if that'd fall under the whole idea of "promotion" or would it just be one writer helping another. Anyhow, just trying to figure this out. Right now I ask people on Facebook for help in this area. But with that place basically going to the dogs (and cats, squirrels, bunnies, random liberals, etc), I'm not seeing a future for that kinda thing there. Hence why I wanted to see what the policy here was on doing that kinda thing.