Subject: Wait, you didnÂ’t get my email?
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Posted on: 2018-03-26 17:44:00 UTC

Not receiving further notes is not indicative of anything. Your beta reader(s) may just be distracted (or procrastinating), but still intend to come back later. If they know their job, you should either receive a final email or get a clear "go" in a final comment on the Gdoc. In case they appear to have forgotten you, but you see them on the Board, it’s okay to ask what’s going on in an off-topic response (like "OT: Are you still beta reading?"). Asking by email is also okay, regardless of whether they are or aren’t active on the Board, but may not work if lost emails are the problem.

I generally default to email, and in your case I wanted to include some advice on further procedure that appeared to be too long for a note. In hindsight, doing both (the note just saying “email sent”) might have been the best.

I feel sorry for your losses, and I apologize for not asking what was going on. This wouldn’t have been the first time that something I beta-read was never posted, and I didn’t see you anywhere on the Board, so I wondered whether you had silently changed your mind and left (I’m glad you didn’t), and I didn’t want to pester you with further questions.

HG

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