BookIntel answers
These pages answer the questions authors ask before they buy a BookIntel scan. Each one is written by the BookIntel Editorial Desk from the product as it actually works. A scan is research you review. It is not an Amazon service and it does not guarantee rank, sales, or royalties.
What is BookIntel? KDP manuscript intelligence, explained
BookIntel is a paid manuscript scan for authors who publish on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. You upload a PDF or DOCX, add the book details the form asks for, and BookIntelReport files an AI-written dossier in your account. You review it. The scan does not publish the book, and it does not guarantee rank, sales, reviews, or royalties.
How to analyze a manuscript before you publish on Amazon KDP
Analyze the manuscript before you publish by reading the opening against the promise you plan to make on the product page, then checking the listing fields you will actually type into KDP. A BookIntel scan can draft those notes from the file you upload. It does not fill in KDP for you, and it does not tell you the book will sell.
What a BookIntel report covers
A BookIntel report is a dossier of AI-written notes about the manuscript you uploaded and the listing fields you are about to fill in on Amazon KDP. The sections below are the ones the product generates. The scan does not include a human edit, a cover file, a live Amazon update, or a sales guarantee.
BookIntel versus hiring a developmental editor
BookIntel and a developmental editor answer different questions. BookIntelReport is software that returns an AI dossier about a manuscript and a KDP listing. A developmental editor is a person who reads the book and talks about the story. The tool does not replace the editor, and hiring an editor does not fill in your KDP keyword slots.
The KDP Manuscript Dossier Method
The KDP Manuscript Dossier Method is BookIntel's approach to pre-publish manuscript intelligence: upload a PDF or DOCX plus listing details, run a paid scan, and receive an AI-written dossier of commercial notes (keywords, categories, comps, and AMS-oriented phrases by tier) and story notes. Use it as a checklist before you type into KDP. It is not a developmental edit, and it is not a sales guarantee.
Common questions
What is BookIntel?
BookIntel is the paid manuscript dossier on BookIntelReport.com. You upload a PDF or DOCX and receive AI-written KDP listing notes and story notes. It does not publish the book.
Does a BookIntel report replace a developmental editor?
No. A developmental editor is a person who reads the manuscript. BookIntel is a software dossier aimed at listing notes and a bounded set of AI story notes.
Prices, refunds, and the limits of a scan are also on the FAQ. A redacted layout is on the sample dossier.