Prove what was read
The app records exactly which sources were fully read before any review, so AI cannot claim support from material it did not read.
Source-accountable AI editing
Finish your manuscript without surrendering authorship.
Author’s Measure checks a draft against your sources and intentions. It flags where the writing strays from your evidence, voice, or audience, revises only what you approve, and records what came from you, your sources, interpretation, and AI.
AI offers editorial counsel.
The author remains the author.
The author remains the author.
Keep judgment human
The reviewer advises. You approve, reject, or change every suggested edit before the draft is revised.
Revise with receipts
Author’s Measure turns only the suggestions you approve into a revised draft. Your editorial record shows why each important change was made, which source supports it, and whether it came from you or AI.
Founding use case
Born in ministry. Built for source-rich nonfiction.
The workflow grew from a minister’s real book-making journey across decades of sermons, notes, research, model drafts, corrections, and final human decisions.
MinistersMemoiristsEducatorsScholarsExpertsNonfiction writers
01 · Project foundation and sources
Set the guide. Choose the chapter sources.
Your project foundation stays active across the whole manuscript. Your source library can grow over time, while you choose which documents the reviewer should use for this chapter.
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selected sources ready
Project foundation
Pinned throughout project
The master guide that stays with every chapter
Record the book’s purpose, readers, voice, and boundaries once. The reviewer must use this guide throughout the project, but it cannot substitute for factual source evidence.
Changes save privately in this browser.
Recommended working unit
Work one chapter at a time.
Keep the full project guide and source library, then select the sources most relevant to the current chapter. Review chapters first, followed by a separate whole-book continuity check.
Best: 1 draft chapter + 3–10 relevant sources
This prototype: 1 master guide + 1 draft + up to 10 source files, 250 KB each and about 1 MB of sources combined
File types: plain text or Markdown
Source libraryChoose what the reviewer should use for this chapter
Sources stay in the library even when they are not selected.
Only the project foundation, current draft, and selected sources are used in the chapter review.
02 · Project planner
One collection. More than one possible project.
The Project Planner suggests formats and audiences without rewriting your draft. You decide which possibility to develop.
03 · Source-linked outline
The Human Measure
Audience
Direct source
Project plan
Sensitive source
04 · Independent review
Review first. Revise second.
GPT-5.6 Sol compares the draft with the sources and project plan. It can point out problems, but it cannot decide what changes become part of your work.
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GPT-5.6 SolChecking connection…
The review will comparethe source material, project plan, and this passage
Editorial conversationQuestion the review before making decisions.
Ask what source supports a suggestion, whether the editor considered a particular document, or how a recommendation fits your voice. The exchange is added to your private editorial record.
05 · Your decisions
The reviewer advises. You decide.
Approve, reject, or change every suggested edit. Suggestions you reject are never given to the Reviser.
0 of 6decisions recorded
06 · Reviser
A revision with receipts.
The Reviser receives the original passage, project plan, supporting sources, and only the suggestions you approved. The AI never receives suggestions you rejected.
¶Ready for your approved suggestions
Create the revised passage, then inspect exactly what changed and why.
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Your decisions were followed
07 · Editorial record
See where every important change came from.
This private record shows which changes you approved, what sources support them, and where AI contributed. It protects your authority without requiring readers to see every internal step.
Decisions, source links, and revision history · JSON
Editorial conversationQuestions and answers kept with the projectNo questions recorded
Before publishing5 of 7 checks complete
08 · Publishing options
Choose how to publish after the editorial work is complete.
Author’s Measure can prepare the route and materials. It never sends, uploads, purchases, accepts terms, or publishes without your exact approval.
Two final checks remain
NOT READYReview the whole project for continuity, then complete the author read-aloud and final edit before choosing a publishing route.
Traditional
Submit to a publisher or agent. They decide whether the project fits their list and may provide further editing.
Proposal · summary · sample chapters · query letterSelf-publishing
Keep control and publish sooner, while taking responsibility for production and marketing.
Print · eBook · book details · public excerptHybrid / assisted
Pay for publishing help after checking the fees, ownership terms, earnings, and where the book will be sold.
Contract · reputation · ownership reviewNothing is sent automatically
Author’s Measure can suggest current publisher options, but it will not contact or submit to anyone without your approval.
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The sources offer evidence.
The system offers editorial counsel.
The author remains the author.