The Smart Publishing Assistant for publishers.
narratiQ turns manuscripts into structured publishing knowledge, so publishers make better decisions and develop, position and market their books more successfully.
From manuscript to better publishing decisions
Good books are made by people. Good decisions take time.
Every manuscript already contains all the information a publisher needs to decide well.
Today that information is uncovered step by step in separate departments, editorial, marketing, sales or rights. This costs time, creates duplicated work and makes well-founded decisions harder.
narratiQ makes this knowledge fully usable right after the first digital reading.
Publishing Intelligence Engine (PIE)
The Publishing Intelligence Engine is the knowledge engine behind narratiQ. It extracts, structures and evaluates all relevant information in a manuscript and makes it usable for programme management, editorial, marketing, sales and other areas at the same time.
Every area works from the same foundation instead of opening up the manuscript again one after another. Whoever decides on programme, advance, positioning or rights draws on the same evidence-backed findings.
Not PDFs.
Not prompts.
Structured publishing knowledge.
Why narratiQ?
We understand publishers
narratiQ was built by publishing professionals. We digitise decades of publishing know-how.
Publisher fit
Not every good manuscript is the right manuscript. Publisher fit matches story DNA against the DNA of your publishing house.
Traceable
No black box. Every result is backed by evidence from the text.
For the whole publishing house
PIE supports all of these from one shared knowledge base:
- Programme management
- Editorial
- Marketing
- Sales
- Rights
Three products
The same knowledge base offers three ways in, depending on the decision at hand.
Short report
Sort. Prioritise. Decide.
A well-founded first assessment of a manuscript.
The short report delivers a structured first assessment of a manuscript within minutes. It summarises content, strengths, challenges and potential, helping editorial and programme management reach well-founded decisions faster and on a consistent basis.
Full report
The complete publishing knowledge of a manuscript.
The full report is the heart of the Publishing Intelligence Engine. It makes the knowledge held in a manuscript structurally available and creates the basis for well-founded decisions in editorial, programme planning, marketing and sales.
- Publisher fit
- Market analysis
- Marketing
- Metadata
- Rights
All of it built on PIE.
See a sample report
Editorial assistance
Professional support for developing a manuscript.
Individual guidance. Not standardised.
The modules in detail
Every module draws on the same knowledge base.
Publisher fit
Every publisher has its own profile, and that is exactly what publisher fit accounts for. narratiQ matches each manuscript against your individual publishing DNA and shows, traceably, how well it fits your programme, audiences and strategic direction.
Market analysis
Market analysis shows where a manuscript sits in the current book market. It identifies comparable titles, audiences and market opportunities and helps publishers position titles on a solid footing.
Marketing & communications
From blurb to press release to social media post: narratiQ creates channel- and audience-specific content out of a well-founded understanding of the manuscript. Every book is communicated consistently, efficiently and in line with its positioning.
Metadata
Professional metadata is the key to digital marketing. narratiQ creates it directly from the manuscript, well-founded, consistent and aligned with the requirements of retail, online shops and search engines.
Editorial assistance
narratiQ accompanies the entire revision process of a manuscript. The module identifies room for improvement, helps phrase constructive feedback and keeps the workflow between publisher and author structured and traceable.
Rights analysis
Not every book stops at the borders of its home market. Rights analysis assesses the potential for international markets from the manuscript alone and helps publishers spot opportunities for translations and foreign rights early.
More value for your publishing house
The value does not appear in one place. It appears in five.
| Benefit | What changes in your house |
|---|---|
| Time | Your team reads the titles it needs to read, not the whole pile. |
| Quality | Every programme decision rests on the same evidence-backed foundation. |
| Revenue | Positioning, comparable titles and metadata are ready before the sales conference. |
| Cost | Fewer external reports, less duplicated work across editorial, marketing and sales. |
| Risk | Weak spots and narrow audiences surface before advance and marketing are committed. |
Time
Your team reads the titles it needs to read, not the whole pile.
Quality
Every programme decision rests on the same evidence-backed foundation.
Revenue
Positioning, comparable titles and metadata are ready before the sales conference.
Cost
Fewer external reports, less duplicated work across editorial, marketing and sales.
Risk
Weak spots and narrow audiences surface before advance and marketing are committed.
narratiQ does not replace publishing decisions.
narratiQ improves them.
No AI training. GDPR compliant
No AI training
Your manuscripts are not used to train language models. OpenAI commits to this contractually for its business API.
Controlled processing
Data processing under clear contracts: a DPA under Art. 28 GDPR, EU Standard Contractual Clauses for third-country transfers, all subprocessors disclosed.
Clear deletion periods
OpenAI deletes AI processing data after 30 days at the latest, unless legally required to retain it. Your manuscripts at narratiQ are deleted whenever you choose, plus the GDPR right to erasure.
We understand publishers
narratiQ grows out of two perspectives: publishing practice and technical implementation.
Miran Bilic
Publishing and programme
30 years in publishing. Programme. Instinct for the trade.
Johannes Köppern
Technology and product
Translates publishing knowledge into software.
Every Publishing Decision Starts with PIE.
Let us show you how narratiQ turns manuscripts into structured publishing knowledge.
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General inquiries
kontakt@narratiq.deSupport
support@narratiq.deResponse time: We typically respond within 24 hours on business days.