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Book Score · the free book discovery audit

Can readers find your book?

Readers find books in three places: on Amazon, by asking AI assistants what to read, and on the sites they trust. Paste your Amazon link and Book Score checks all three in about a minute, then gives you a score out of 100 and the three fixes worth most.

No link to hand? See a real report

The top of a Book Score report: the Book Score and AI Score dials, and the Start here button that opens the first fix.

What it checks · one score out of 100

Every place a reader finds your book.

The score comes from fixed rules: the same answers and the same page always give the same score. Parts we can't check are left out, never counted against you.

  1. 40 points · what AI assistants say

    Does AI recommend your book?

    We ask ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini what a reader would ask, without naming your book, and record whether it comes up and who is named instead. ChatGPT and Claude search the web live; Gemini answers from what it already knows. 30 points for being recommended, 10 for being known when asked by name.

  2. 30 points · your Amazon page

    Is the page ready when they arrive?

    Title words, description, A+ panels, ratings and what reviews say, categories, the cover at thumbnail size, price. Read the way a shopper reads it, and checked against Amazon's own rules from KDP's help pages.

  3. 20 points · around the web

    Can AI find you anywhere else?

    Goodreads, Wikidata, Wikipedia, YouTube, Reddit, your own site, and the sites AI cites most for your genre.

  4. 10 points · formats

    How many ways in are there?

    Kindle, paperback, hardcover, audiobook. Each one is another way to be found.

The full report · £49 once, per book

Then we write the fixes.

The full report is set out the way readers find books, in three parts: what the AI assistants say (12 reader questions, asked twice of each assistant: 72 real answers), your Amazon page, and everywhere off Amazon. Every fix opens in place, with the steps, where to click, and the words already written for you to paste.

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What the AI assistants said

Every question word for word, and who came up in each answer. How often each assistant named your book across 72 answers, and the range the true figure probably sits in.

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Start here, then tick them off

Each fix ranked by the points it can add for the time it takes. Open one and it shows the steps, the button to the page where you make the change, and what to paste.

03

Your Amazon page, line by line

Every check on the page with what we saw. Each Amazon fix opens with its new words inside: description, keywords, categories, A+ panels and bio.

04

The books AI picks instead

Side by side with the books the assistants name most often in your place: ratings, price, formats, A+ panels, rank.

05

Off Amazon: who to contact, and what to send

The sites readers and AI trust for your genre, each with the way in we checked on the site itself, any fee as the site states it, and a note written for you. Plus Goodreads, Wikidata and your own website.

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Every word written for you

A new description inside Amazon's rules, seven keywords and three categories, five A+ panels, your bio short and long, and the book code for your website.

A real report, on a real book

What you get, page by page.

These are from the full report on google.panic.repeat by Robert Prime, who runs publishing.co.uk. It's his own book, so you can open every part of it. Each part opens and closes, so the page stays short. Download it as a PDF or a spreadsheet when you're done.

What we asked, and who came up: each reader question word for word, which assistants named the book, and the books they named instead.
What the AI assistants said. Every question word for word, and who came up instead of your book.
An Amazon fix opened in a Book Score report: why it matters, where to make the change in KDP, the steps, and the new description ready to copy.
Your Amazon page. Each fix opens with the steps, where to click, and the new words ready to copy.
Who to contact in a Book Score report: a site opened to show its email, submissions page, any fee, and a note ready to send.
Off Amazon: who to contact. Each site opens to show how to reach them, any fee, and a note ready to send.
Rivals table in a Book Score report comparing the book with the three books AI names instead: ratings, price, formats, A+ panels and rank.
The books AI picks instead. Ratings, price, formats and rank, side by side.

The AI Shelf · updated every week

The books AI is recommending right now.

Every week we ask ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini the same 12 reader questions in each genre, twice each, and chart the books they name. A list is published only when every assistant answered. Your full report asks the same kind of questions, written for your book's own niche.

16genres charted
72real answers per genre, every week
3assistants: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
2,304answers in the first two weeks (to 5 Oct 2026)
The AI Shelf for psychological thrillers: The Silent Patient, Gone Girl and Rebecca lead, with the share of 72 answers each was named in.

Prices · author prices include VAT

A free score for every book. Pay for the depth.

Free

Book Score

Your score out of 100 across Amazon, the AI assistants and the web, what ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini said, and your first three fixes

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£49

Full report and fix pack

Once, per book: 72 real AI answers, every site worth writing to, rivals, your Amazon page line by line, every fix written

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£99

Report and Watch

One book for a year: a check every week, the full report every month, an email when an assistant starts or stops recommending you

See Watch →
£39

Backlist, a month

Up to 10 books checked every week, a full report for each every quarter

See Backlist →
£495

Done for you

The full report, then we make the Amazon, website, Wikidata and Goodreads changes with you and pitch the top 20 places, with your OK

See Done for you →
£199+

Publishers and agencies, a month + VAT

50 titles and up, checked every week; catalogue check from £995 once; reports under your own name for agencies

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£149

AI Discoverability for Authors (course)

Learn the work yourself: 39 lessons, 14 templates, a 90-day action plan

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How it stays honest

Real answers. Fixed rules. No promises.

Never simulated

Every answer is a real one from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. We never present a simulated assistant as a real one.

Never invented

The fixes we write never invent praise, awards or numbers. Gaps are marked, not filled.

Never logged in

We read your public Amazon page. We never log in to your Amazon or KDP account.

A diagnosis

A score tells you where you stand and what to fix first. It is not a promise of sales.

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