Defining literary quality in the age of AI
In a market where manuscript volumes are expanding rapidly, literary quality lacks a shared and scalable standard. At Amace Storytelling, we are developing a normative quality infrastructure that analyses and grades works of fiction on professional terms. For publishers and literary agents who require a reproducible foundation for assessment. For authors who seek editorial clarity about their work.
THE LITERARY MARKETMore books than ever. A greater need for selection.
The publishing industry is shifting from print to digital, from national catalogues to global distribution, from standalone novels to serialised formats. New titles are appearing at a pace that turns selection and evaluation into a question of capacity.
For authors, this means intensified competition. For publishers, it means that selection requires greater structure; clear criteria, documentation and consistent decision-making. This landscape lacks a scalable structure for literary quality. Our service establishes one.
A service for literary quality analysis and manuscript assessment.
WHAT WE DO
For publishers & literary agents
Amace Literary Systems supports the editorial process from submission to decision. Incoming manuscripts can be sorted, pre-filtered and prioritised according to defined quality dimensions. Each manuscript can be assessed, documented and compared in a consistent manner, with traceability of evaluation over time. The result is a faster selection process, more consistent decisions, and stronger conditions for identifying manuscripts with genuine potential.
For authors
Emily; analyses your manuscript across the dimensions used in professional literary assessment; language, structure, storytelling and narrative architecture. You receive structured feedback within minutes, focusing on what holds, what falters, and what remains to be developed before the work reaches a level of maturity suitable for editorial evaluation.
Two products, one shared standard. Emily; for authors. Amace Literary Systems for publishers and literary agents.
WHO WE ARE Amace Storytelling
Amace Storytelling is building an infrastructure for literary quality; a formal framework spanning language, narrative structure and storytelling craft. The framework is developed in collaboration with a professional team of developers, readers, editors and authors.
Emily; is the service for authors. Amace Literary Systems is a service for publishers and literary agents. Assessment arises through the application of a governed and calibrated literary framework, grounded in editorial experience and real manuscripts.
The framework in brief
The service applies a formal literary quality framework that distinguishes between surface-level writing and genuine storytelling craft. It is calibrated by professional editors, grounded in real manuscripts, and built for consistency of assessment over time. The framework is developed with clear respect for copyright integrated as a core principle of its design.
Governed
Editor-calibrated
1-100
Quality index
Minutes
Not weeks
Based in Sweden. Designed for a global market.
Early access
We are offering selected publishers, literary agents and authors to participate in early access to our services. If you are a publisher, literary agent or author, we would love to hear from you.
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire Cat in a tree.
“Which road should I take?” she asked.
“Where do you want to go?” was his response.
“I don’t know.” Alice answered.
“Then it doesn’t matter which road you take,” said the Cat.Adapted from Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
Narrative intention defines the path.