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Manuscript to KDP in three weeks.

BookOS is the AI rail we built for indie publishers and small presses. Manuscript triage, cover concepts, metadata, distribution, launch sequence — all on one stack. You publish the way you always wanted to.

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Where the hours go

What slows every small publisher down.

Most publishing pain isn't editorial — it's coordination, metadata, and follow-through. We replace the busywork.

01

Manuscripts stuck in the queue because nobody has time to triage them

02

Cover commissions priced like custom art and delivered like custom art

03

Metadata copy-pasted across KDP, IngramSpark, Apple, and Substack

04

Launch sequences built from scratch every single book

05

Royalty reporting reconciled by hand across eight platforms

06

Marketing nobody on the team has bandwidth to actually run

The agents we ship

The agents we put on a publisher's roster.

Each one is live today on real publishers via BookOS. They handle the work between the author and the reader.

01

Manuscript Triage Agent

Reads the slush pile, scores by genre fit and structure, drafts editorial notes the editor either signs off or rewrites.

Triage time · ↓ 70%
02

Cover Designer Agent

Genre-aware concept generation, A/B tests on real reader panels, hands off the final to your designer with the brief already written.

Time to cover · ↓ 80%
03

Distribution Agent

One source of truth for metadata. Syndicates to KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, Apple, Kobo. Catches errors before they reach the catalog.

Zero metadata mismatches
04

Launch Agent

Pre-order, ARC list, BookTok briefs, newsletter sequence, Amazon ads. Sequenced and tracked so every book gets the launch it deserves.

Avg pre-orders · 3.4× baseline
Integrations

Plugs into the publishing stack you already use.

  • KDP
  • IngramSpark
  • Draft2Digital
  • Apple Books
  • Kobo
  • Substack
  • Beehiiv
  • Mailchimp
  • Amazon Ads
  • Stripe
How we engage

From audit to live agents in 30 days.

Day 01–03

We map every place this business loses time or money.

A real walk-through. Phones, inboxes, spreadsheets, the apologies. Ranked list. Dollar value attached to each leak.

Day 04–10

First agent live, paying back its cost in week two.

We pick the highest-ROI agent for publishing and ship it. Real customers interacting. Real dollars on the line.

Day 11–30

Full roster live. Console handed over.

By day thirty the stack is operating. Train your team and own the code, or stay on Run and we operate it for you.

FAQ — publishing

What every owner asks before they engage.

Will this replace my editor?+
No. It replaces the read-through-the-slush-pile-on-Sunday-night part of being an editor. Editorial judgment stays human; triage and metadata become automatic.
What about author relationships?+
Authors talk to humans. The agents handle the production pipeline — manuscript intake, metadata, distribution, launch ops. Your editors get more time for the conversations that matter.
Do I need to switch off KDP / Ingram?+
No. We sit on top of the platforms you already use. The Distribution Agent is a metadata router, not a replacement for your retail accounts.
From the principal's desk

Run your press on BookOS.

30-minute call. We map your current pipeline and show exactly which agents collapse the next 12 months of bottlenecks.

Engagement intake

Tell us about your publishing business. We come back within one business day.

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