See which manuscripts warrant a closer read.
Inkshift evaluates each submission through a consistent framework shaped by the needs of your list. Review the priorities, then open any manuscript to inspect the reasoning and supporting evidence.
Prioritized submissions
See which manuscripts align most closely with your editorial criteria and list.
Expandable acquisitions brief
Review each manuscript’s strengths, concerns, audience, and positioning.
Cited analysis
Inspect the supporting passages behind every major finding.
Give every manuscript the same first pass.
Each submission is assessed across the same editorial dimensions, giving your team a consistent starting point for closer reading and discussion.
Complete-manuscript analysis
Assess structure, pacing, character, prose, audience, and positioning across the full draft.
Your editorial criteria
Shape the analysis around the categories, audiences, and priorities that matter to your press.
A shared starting point
Give editors and acquisitions teams a common frame for evaluating each submission.
Add a consistent first pass to your acquisitions process
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Set the editorial frame
Define the categories, audiences, and list considerations you want reflected in the analysis.
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Review the prioritized submissions
See which manuscripts align most closely with your criteria, then inspect the reasoning and cited evidence behind each result.
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Take the strongest candidates into discussion
Focus your closer reads, share a common brief, and bring your team’s commercial context and publishing judgment to the acquisition decision.
Know where to read first. Decide what belongs on your list.
Inkshift provides a consistent editorial starting point. Your team brings the taste, commercial context, relationships, and publishing judgment behind every acquisition.
Alignment with your editorial criteria
Where to focus the next read
Strengths, concerns, audience, and positioning
The commercial opportunity
Evidence and questions for discussion
What to acquire and publish
Manuscripts are never used to train AI models and are deleted once the analysis is complete. Specific confidentiality, retention, and data-processing terms are available for publishing teams.
FAQ
Give your acquisitions team a common starting point.
Tell us what your press publishes, how submissions reach your team, and how many complete manuscripts you evaluate. We’ll recommend a publisher setup and volume plan.
Or email us directly at hello@inkshift.io.