Originally Posted by
GenericWit That sounds great. Umm, another thing I wanted to note about a listing of betas:
Some beta readers work exclusively with only grammar and mechanics while some work with characterization and things like that also. I think it'd be good to have in the beta profiles which betas are willing to work on helping the author stay canon and in-character and in which fandoms they know the characters and settings well enough to help with those sorts of things. Then, some betas are gentle while others are tougher and are willing to knock a chapter back and forth with you a couple of times. Some betas won't work with some fandoms or ratings or warnings.
So, what I'm really trying to say is that there should be some sort of a profile each beta fills out that lists strengths, weaknesses, what they're willing to do, what fandoms they're willing to work with, their estimated time of finishing a chapter, etc.