Beta-reader

A Beta Reader is quite literally that; they are the second person to have read a story. They are the ones who help spot spelling and grammar errors, check for out of character moments, and give the first feedback on a particular story.

When people find a particular beta reader that they like, or one that has been reading the story long enough to keep up with any particular changes that would otherwise be noticeably out of character, they tend to keep the same beta reader.

=The PPC and Beta Reading=

At one point in time, the PPC had a beta rader chain on a Yahoo group. However, this group has fallen out of useage and is now plagued by Spam, so to ask for a PPC beta reader, it would probably be better to look and ask on the Board.