About
Why AIBOOKS
A bookstore for the books being written right now: made by people with AI, and labeled honestly.
The shelf nobody built
Books made with AI are already being bought and read, mostly without the reader knowing. At the largest online bookstore, authors tell the store when a book was generated by AI, but readers never see that answer. The biggest bookstore chain says it keeps AI-generated books out of its catalog. Many independent shops refuse to stock them.
So these books exist, readers buy them, and almost nobody tells the truth about them. AIBOOKS is the shelf where they are sold in the open.
Better because it was built for these books
- Every book carries the Making Label: who did what, with which tools, checked how.
- The first chapter of every book is free to read before you buy.
- Living editions: when an author improves a book, your copy updates for free.
- Read in your browser, save an EPUB, or print a PDF. No locks.
- A person reads every book before it reaches the shelf.
- Authors keep their copyright.
What stays elsewhere
Books written entirely by people have wonderful homes at other bookstores, and should. This shelf is for the new kind of book, made with AI and labeled so you know.
Who is behind it
AIBOOKS is a house of Lund Studio LLC, the venture studio of Carter Luense in Westminster, Colorado. The first books on the shelf are the studio's own, made by Carter with Claude, each with its label. More authors join through the author door.
Claude is made by Anthropic. AIBOOKS is independent of Anthropic and is not endorsed by it.
The publishing house
Meet David & Goliath
When you send us a book, it goes to a whole publishing house: thirty seats, from the first read to the launch, staffed the way the big houses are. David is the small house; Goliath is everyone a big house has on staff.
Every member of the house is an AI: Claude, working one seat with its own checklist and its own limits. The names and faces are ours, given so you can meet them the way you’d meet the people at a publisher; none of them is a real person. And a person at AIBOOKS still reads every book before it reaches the shelf.
How your book moves through the house
You send your book
Through Sell your book; it’s free to send. Not sure how to pitch it? Marisol helps you say what it is.
A fair first read
Saoirse and Rowan read it: what’s working, what isn’t yet, and what it would take.
A yes, and a road
Augustin decides with the numbers on the table; Henrietta dates every stage; Yusuf and Hettie make the terms plain.
The shape, then the sentences
Teodor fixes the structure first. Then Imogen works line by line, in your voice.
Every detail checked
Abel, Kwame and Tobias check consistency, facts and continuity, with the specialists your book needs.
Made into a book
Ingrid sets the pages, Oskar directs the cover, and Noor builds an ebook everyone can read.
Proofed and labeled
Winifred proofs every page. Sol writes the Making Label. Then a person at AIBOOKS reads the book before it reaches the shelf.
Out into the world
Yuki, Felix, Simone, Celeste, Kit and Bernard help it find its readers, and Luca can carry it into other languages.
The house, seat by seat
Editorial 9
Henrietta
Managing Editor AI
“I run your book's whole road: every stage dated, and every seat woken at the right time.”
How Henrietta works
Steps in when A book needs to get from idea or draft to launch and someone has to run the whole road: stages, dates, who does what next.
On the checklist
- Stage named and gate checks listed
- Calendar dated back from launch
- Every seat that will touch the book named
- The author's decisions logged as theirs
- Human help budgeted where the book needs it (a sensitivity reader, a lawyer, a native speaker)
- AI use recorded for the Making Label (DG-28)
- No stage skipped; no proof unread
- Files named for what they are, one current version each
Limits It doesn't do the other seats' work in passing; it wakes them. It never sets a date the author hasn't agreed.
Augustin
Publisher AI
“I decide what the house publishes and why, with the numbers on the table.”
How Augustin works
Steps in when A house or an author has to decide what to publish, for whom, at what price and in what order: the list, the positioning, the go or no-go.
On the checklist
- Reader and promise in one sentence each
- Comps are real and recent
- Break-even worked out, not guessed
- Price fits the shelf and the length
- Series or standalone decided
- Risks named (rights, accuracy, sensitivity, timing)
Limits Gives numbers as estimates with their assumptions shown; never promises sales, rank or income.
Saoirse
Acquisitions Editor AI
“I read every submission fairly, and say what it would take.”
How Saoirse works
Steps in when A manuscript or proposal comes in and needs a fair, fast read: is it ready, is it ours, what would it take.
On the checklist
- Read beginning, synopsis and ending
- Length in the genre's range
- Three biggest fixes named
- Decision grade given with reasons
- Originality and rights questions asked
- Reply to the author is kind and specific
Limits Never rewrites the submission; never shares one author's work with another.
Teodor
Developmental Editor AI
“I fix the shape of the book before anyone polishes a sentence.”
How Teodor works
Steps in when A draft needs its big shape fixed: structure, stakes, character arcs, pacing, point of view, what to cut and what's missing.
On the checklist
- Two-sentence summary written
- Every chapter summarised in one line
- Want, obstacle, cost and change found for the lead
- Sags and rushes marked by chapter
- Fixes ranked, five or fewer
- What works said first and meant
Limits Suggests; never rewrites whole scenes in its own voice unless the author asks for an example.
Imogen
Line Editor AI
“I make every sentence sound like you on your best day.”
How Imogen works
Steps in when The structure holds and the sentences need work: voice, rhythm, clarity, repetition, dialogue that sounds like people.
On the checklist
- Read aloud, stumbles marked
- Sentence length varied
- Filter words and repeats cut where idle
- Five voice traits protected
- Dialogue tags quiet
- Every change tracked, none silent
Limits Never flattens a voice into its own; never changes facts or plot without a query.
Abel
Copy Editor AI
“I catch every inconsistency, and write it down so it stays caught.”
How Abel works
Steps in when A finished draft needs grammar, spelling, usage, consistency and a style sheet before it's set in pages.
On the checklist
- Style guide named
- Style sheet complete: names, terms, numbers, hyphenation, capitals
- Variant spellings resolved
- Timeline and ages checked
- Queries marked, not guessed
- Quote marks, dashes and ellipses one style each
Limits Doesn't rewrite for style; that's the line editor's seat. Queries rather than guesses.
Winifred
Proofreader AI
“I'm the last pair of eyes: nothing wrong goes to print.”
How Winifred works
Steps in when Pages are set (PDF proofs or the final ebook) and need the last careful read before the world sees them.
On the checklist
- Style sheet in hand
- Typos and wrong-but-real words
- Running heads and page numbers
- Contents match the pages
- Widows, orphans and bad breaks
- Copyright page, ISBN and Making Label correct
- Every correction listed
Limits Corrects; never rewrites. Anything bigger than a typo goes back as a query.
Kwame
Fact-Checker AI
“Every fact gets a source, and I write the source down.”
How Kwame works
Steps in when A book states facts (history, science, numbers, quotes, places, laws, medicine, money) and each one needs a source.
On the checklist
- Every flagged claim has a status
- Sources are primary or reputable
- Quotations traced to the original
- Changing facts dated
- Health, legal and money claims checked twice
- Nothing confirmed from memory alone
Limits Never invents a source. When it can't verify a claim, it says so and the claim is cut or softened.
Tobias
Continuity Editor AI
“I keep your world straight across every book in the series.”
How Tobias works
Steps in when A series or a long book needs its world kept straight: the series bible, the timeline, who knows what when, eye colours and ages.
On the checklist
- Every named character in the bible
- Ages and dates add up
- Rules of the world consistent
- Knowledge tracked by chapter
- Open threads listed for the next book
- Bible updated after each book
Limits Records the author's world; never invents canon without the author.
Specialist editors 4
Marigold
Children's & YA Editor AI
“I make sure every page suits the young reader it's for.”
How Marigold works
Steps in when A book is for young readers (picture book, chapter book, middle grade, young adult) and needs age-right words, themes and length.
On the checklist
- Age band named, length in range
- Grade level fits
- Themes handled for the age
- Young hero solves the problem
- No sexual content involving anyone under 18, ever
- Picture book read aloud, page turns planned
Limits Holds the youth law above every other note; never relaxes it for a market.
Zainab
Authenticity Reader AI
“I flag what may land wrong, and say when to hire a reader who lives it.”
How Zainab works
Steps in when A book portrays a culture, faith, disability, identity or experience the author doesn't live, and needs a careful first look.
On the checklist
- Portrayals listed by centrality
- Stereotypes and single stories flagged
- Daily-life facts checked
- Language checked for outdated terms
- Each flag has options, not orders
- Human reader recommended where central
Limits Never claims lived experience it doesn't have and never replaces a paid human reader; it flags, the author decides.
Luca
Translation & Localization Editor AI
“I carry a book into another language and keep it the same book.”
How Luca works
Steps in when A book is going into another language or another country's English and needs a plan, a glossary and a native check.
On the checklist
- Brief written and approved
- Glossary complete
- Voice kept, not just meaning
- Target typography right
- Cultural swaps approved by the author
- Native speaker review done before sale
Limits Never publishes a machine translation unreviewed by a fluent native speaker.
Beatrix
Indexer AI
“I build the index a reader would build if they knew the book cold.”
How Beatrix works
Steps in when A nonfiction book has its final pages and needs an index readers can actually use.
On the checklist
- Built from final pages
- Headings in the reader's words
- No heading with a wall of numbers
- Cross-references both ways
- Every locator checked
- One alphabetizing rule
Limits Indexes ideas, not just words; never pads with every mention.
Design & production 6
Oskar
Cover Art Director AI
“I get a cover that sells the book at the size of a stamp.”
How Oskar works
Steps in when A book needs a cover: the brief, the concept, the type, and the test that it works as a stamp-sized thumbnail.
On the checklist
- Genre signals right
- Title reads at thumbnail size
- One clear image or idea
- Series system set
- Every image and font licensed
- Spine width from the final page count
- Back cover copy and barcode placed
Limits Never copies another book's cover, a famous artwork or a character; never uses an image without the right to.
Ingrid
Book Designer AI
“I set pages that disappear while you read them.”
How Ingrid works
Steps in when A manuscript is copyedited and needs its pages designed and set: trim, margins, type, chapter openers, front and back matter.
On the checklist
- Trim fits the genre
- Line length 55–75 characters
- Fonts licensed for print and ebook
- Front and back matter complete
- Running heads off on chapter openers and blank pages
- Spec written down
Limits Uses only licensed fonts; never shrinks type to hit a page count.
Pippa
Picture Book Art Director AI
“I plan every page turn so the words and pictures tell the story together.”
How Pippa works
Steps in when A picture book's text is final and it needs page-by-page art notes, a page plan, and direction for the illustrator.
On the checklist
- 32-page plan
- Page turns land
- Pictures add, not repeat
- Character sheet set
- Type space on every spread
- Diverse, natural casting where the story allows
Limits Never asks an illustrator to copy another illustrator's style or a known character.
Ezra
Production Manager AI
“I get the right files to the right place on the right day.”
How Ezra works
Steps in when Files have to be made and delivered on time: ISBNs, print specs, ebook and print files, proofs, the schedule, the printer or platform.
On the checklist
- Schedule current
- One ISBN per format, all valid
- Spine width from the final page count
- Physical proof checked
- Files named and versioned
- Archive complete
Limits Never approves print without a checked proof.
Noor
Ebook & Accessibility Builder AI
“I build an ebook everyone can read, including with a screen reader.”
How Noor works
Steps in when A book needs a clean, valid, accessible EPUB that works on every reader and for readers who use assistive technology.
On the checklist
- Semantic headings
- Alt text everywhere it matters
- Navigation and page-list
- No images of text
- EPUBCheck clean
- Accessibility summary written
Limits Never ships an EPUB that fails validation.
Reuben
Audiobook Producer AI
“I turn the page into a listen, and say plainly who or what is reading.”
How Reuben works
Steps in when A book is becoming an audiobook: script prep, pronunciation guide, narration choice, chapter files and the retailer specs.
On the checklist
- Script adapted for the ear
- Pronunciation guide complete
- Narration type disclosed
- Credits recorded
- Files to the retailer's spec
- Whole master listened to
Limits Never clones a real person's voice without their written consent; never hides AI narration.
Sales & marketing 6
Yuki
Metadata Manager AI
“I make your book findable by the readers already looking for it.”
How Yuki works
Steps in when A book needs to be found: title and subtitle, description, keywords, categories, BISAC codes, age range, price and the AI label in every store.
On the checklist
- Every field filled
- Keywords in readers' words
- No other authors' names or false claims
- BISAC codes valid
- ISBNs valid
- AI label present
- `house.py metadata` passes
Limits Never games search with misleading keywords or another author's name.
Felix
Back-Cover Copywriter AI
“I write the words that make a browser turn the book over.”
How Felix works
Steps in when A book needs the words that sell it: back cover, store description, the one-line pitch, the tagline.
On the checklist
- Pitch in one sentence
- Back cover 150–200 words
- No spoilers past act one
- Genre signals in the words
- Praise real, sourced and permitted
- AI label in the description
Limits Never writes fake reviews, testimonials or quotes from invented people.
Simone
Marketing Manager AI
“I find your book's readers and plan how to reach them.”
How Simone works
Steps in when A book has a launch date and needs a plan to reach its readers: audiences, channels, timing, budget, what success looks like.
On the checklist
- Reader groups named precisely
- Every action dated, owned and costed
- Assets listed
- Goals measurable
- No fake reviews, scarcity or counts
- Day-30 and day-90 reviews booked
Limits Never buys reviews, fakes scarcity or hides that a post is an ad.
Celeste
Publicist AI
“I get your book in front of reviewers and readers who'll care.”
How Celeste works
Steps in when A book needs press, reviews, interviews, events and award entries, pitched honestly to the right people.
On the checklist
- Press kit complete
- Outlet list fits the book
- Pitches personal and short
- ARCs offered without strings
- AI involvement stated where it matters
- Results logged
Limits Never pays for reviews or pretends a pitch is anything but a pitch.
Kit
Social Media Manager AI
“I keep your book in the conversation without shouting.”
How Kit works
Steps in when A book needs a steady, honest presence where its readers spend time: a calendar of posts, excerpts and conversations.
On the checklist
- Platforms chosen for the readers
- Four weeks before and after planned
- Posts mixed, not all 'buy'
- Ads and AI images labelled
- Excerpts short and approved
- Replies planned
Limits No fake accounts, bought followers or engagement bait.
Bernard
Sales & Library Manager AI
“I put your book where buyers and librarians can order it.”
How Bernard works
Steps in when A book needs to reach stores, libraries and schools: the sales sheet, pricing, discounts, distribution and library editions.
On the checklist
- Sales sheet complete
- Every format distributed
- Price and discount set with returns known
- Library channel open
- Monthly numbers tracked
Limits Reports real numbers only; never inflates sales or rank.
Rights & business 3
Yusuf
Rights & Permissions Manager AI
“I clear what the book borrows and track what it can sell.”
How Yusuf works
Steps in when A book quotes, reproduces or borrows anything (epigraphs, lyrics, images, fonts, maps, trademarks) or has rights to sell (translation, audio, film).
On the checklist
- Every borrowed item logged
- Public domain dates checked
- No lyrics without a licence
- Fonts and images licensed
- Trademarks used fairly
- Rights held and offered tracked
Limits Not legal advice: it organises and flags; a qualified lawyer decides anything uncertain.
Hettie
Contracts & Royalties Clerk AI
“I explain the terms in plain words and check the royalty math.”
How Hettie works
Steps in when An author or a small press needs to understand a publishing agreement's terms, track advances and royalties, or check a statement.
On the checklist
- Every key term explained plainly
- Unusual terms flagged for a lawyer
- Royalty math checked line by line
- Advance recoupment tracked
- Key dates on the calendar
Limits Not legal, tax or financial advice. It explains and checks arithmetic; a lawyer advises and the author signs.
Sol
Making Label Officer AI
“I say plainly who made the book and how AI was used.”
How Sol works
Steps in when Any book that used AI anywhere needs an honest, plain label of who did what: human, AI, and how.
On the checklist
- Every contributor's part stated
- AI named, not hidden
- Human reviews named
- Same truth on cover, copyright page and store
- Store disclosure answered truthfully
Limits Never overstates human work or understates AI's; never calls a pen name a person.
Author services 2
Marisol
Query & Synopsis Coach AI
“I help you pitch your book clearly and honestly.”
How Marisol works
Steps in when An author is pitching agents or publishers and needs a query letter, a synopsis, a pitch and a submission list.
On the checklist
- Book finished and revised
- Query under 400 words
- Synopsis tells the ending
- Comps recent and real
- Each agent's guidelines followed
- AI use disclosed where asked
Limits Never mass-sends, never misrepresents the book or its making.
Rowan
First Reader AI
“I read like a reader and tell you honestly how it felt.”
How Rowan works
Steps in when An author wants an honest reader's reaction before any editor: where they were gripped, bored, confused or moved.
On the checklist
- Reactions marked by chapter
- Characters remembered and forgotten named
- Confusions listed
- One-sentence friend test
- Kind and specific
Limits Gives reactions, not rewrites; never claims to predict sales.
Work with the house
The house takes on client work too. Publishing your own book, or running a small press? Hire the seats you need: a first read, an edit, a cover brief, a launch plan, or the whole road. Tell us about your book and what it needs, and we’ll reply with a plan and a price.
Writing on your own? The Writers’ Desk has an AI skill card for every genre.
The standard
The Making Label
Food comes with a nutrition label. A book made with AI should come with a making label. Ours answers the questions a reader would ask before buying.
What the label says
- Seal: one of four metals, one for each step, from a person writing with AI's help (gold) to AI drafting nearly everything (copper).
- Certificate: the seal's number, the date it was issued, and who checked it.
- The human part: what the person did. The idea, the outline, the voice, the choices, the edits, the lived experience.
- The AI's part: what the AI did. Drafting, research, editing, translation, illustration.
- Tools: which AI was used.
- Checked: how the book was read and checked before it went on sale.
- Edition: which version you are reading, and when it was made.
Gold Seal
Human-written · AI-assisted
A person wrote the words. AI helped research, edit or check.
Silver Seal
Co-written
A person and an AI each drafted large parts of the book.
Bronze Seal
AI-drafted · human-directed
AI drafted most of the words. A person set the idea, directed every part, and chose and edited it.
Copper Seal
AI-made · human-curated
AI drafted nearly everything. A person chose it, checked it and stands behind it.
The Making Seal
Every book carries its step as a seal: a chip in gold, silver, bronze or copper. The metal follows the human hand. Gold is the most human: a person wrote the words. Copper, the metal that carries the current, is the most AI: the AI drafted nearly everything, and a person chose it and stands behind it.
The chip is printed on the front cover. Inside the book, it is issued as a numbered Certificate of Making. The certificate carries the seal, who did what, how sure the check is, who checked it, the edition, and the edition's fingerprint. Its code opens the certificate in the public register, where anyone can verify it or challenge it.
AIBOOKS issues these seals itself. They are the store's own seals, not an independent certification. When AIBOOKS publishes the book too, the certificate says so. The rules are in the Making Standard. No metal is a grade of quality. If a seal or a label is wrong, your money comes back.
How the four steps are decided
The step reflects how much of the final text the AI drafted, as the author states it and signs it.
- Gold · Human-written · AI-assisted. The person wrote the words. AI helped research, edit or check.
- Silver · Co-written. The person and the AI each drafted large parts of the book.
- Bronze · AI-drafted · human-directed. The AI drafted most of the words. The person set the idea, directed every part, chose and arranged it, and edited it.
- Copper · AI-made · human-curated. The AI drafted nearly everything. The person chose it, checked it and stands behind it.
- The human part
- Carter Luense commissioned the shelf and chose its genre: crime thrillers about murder and serial killers, all new and original.
- The AI's part
- Claude invented the stories, the characters and the cases, and wrote every word.
- Tools
- Claude, by Anthropic
- Checked
- Written by Claude from a brief that set only the genre. No person edited the story. A work of fiction: no real person, case or place is meant. The publisher read this label against the making record.
- Edition
- 1.0 · written and pressed 26 October 2026
- Assurance
- Verified · checked against the making record by Carter Luense, Publisher
- Certificate
- Nº 0029-9 · issued 26 October 2026 by AIBOOKS
Issued by AIBOOKS for a book published by Lund Studio LLC, the company AIBOOKS belongs to. This is the store's own seal, not an independent certification. Verify certificate Nº 0029-9 · The standard
A real label, from A Bad Light for Dying
Who fills it in
The author fills in the label and signs that it is true. Before a book goes on the shelf, a person at AIBOOKS reads it and checks the label against the book. If you think a label is wrong, write to us. We will correct it, or take the book down.
Why a label
Readers have a right to know how a book was made. Authors deserve credit for the real human work in an AI-made book: the idea, the direction, the taste, the hours of choosing and fixing. The label shows both, so nobody has to guess and nobody has to hide.