It reads the whole book. And it tells you why.

How it reads

Five steps. None of them gets skipped when there's a rush.

1. 01

   In full, not a sample

   The manuscript is read end to end, first page to last. Long books are split into batches so they can be covered, but nothing is discarded: no sampling, no truncation. A reader who only reads the first twenty pages isn't a reader.

2. 02

   With its own genre's rubric

   A novel, a poetry collection, an essay and a picture book are not judged by the same yardstick. Each profile activates its own scoring families and its own lens, with a sub-score per criterion. An illustrated children's book is not measured against an adult novel's rubric.

3. 03

   Twice, to know when it hesitates

   Every work is read twice over. If the two readings agree, the score holds; if they diverge, that variance is recorded and becomes a reason for a human to look. Knowing when it hesitates is worth as much as the score.

4. 04

   With a committee of different eyes

   The same work is read from the craft, from the market, from the editor, from the reader, and from someone hunting for its cracks. Depending on genre, more eyes join: the bookseller, a prize jury, the teacher, the child who will hear it read aloud.

5. 05

   And a synthesis that commits

   At the end there is a written judgement, with its recommendation, its strengths, what would need work and what it would take for the answer to be yes. Not a grid of numbers: a text you can argue with.

The judgement isn't generic: it's yours

Each house writes its own manifesto, its own red lines and the weight it gives to each dimension. The system learns from the record of past decisions — what was taken, what was passed on, and why — and uses it as context on every new reading. Two houses reading the same manuscript don't get the same judgement, and that is exactly right.