For Authors · Completed Fiction Manuscripts

See Your Manuscript Through a Publishing Lens

You wrote the story. See how it stands as a publishing proposition.

KATXY evaluates completed fiction manuscripts across 150+ evaluation parameters to produce one KATXY Score and a comprehensive Manuscript Intelligence Report.

See your manuscript through the dimensions that shape publishing decisions — from craft and audience to market positioning, submission readiness and publishing strategy.

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KATXY / Manuscript IntelligenceReport overview

KATXY Score

823One reference point.
A complete publishing perspective.

01 / Report contents

Inside the
manuscript

01 Structural & Craft Analysis

02 Genre & Audience

03 Comparable Landscape

04 Commercial Positioning

05 Submission Readiness

150+Evaluation ParametersComprehensive Manuscript Analysis
450+Analytical ChecksPublishing Risk Profile
OneKATXY ScoreA Standardized Decision Signal
50+Page Intelligence ReportInformed Publishing Decision

The decision after the draft

Finishing the Manuscript Is a Milestone. What Comes Next Matters.

Years of work can lead to very different publishing paths.

Query an agent. Revise again. Invest in professional editing. Publish independently. Prepare the book for market.

QueryRevisePublish IndependentlyPrepare for Market

Each path creates a different set of decisions about where to invest, when the manuscript is ready, how to position it and how to reach readers.

You have already done the work of writing the book.

KATXY gives you a publishing perspective on the manuscript before you decide what comes next.

Structural & Craft

Is It Ready for the Next Step?

A completed story still has to work as a complete manuscript.

Does the story hold together?

Premise · Structure · Narrative Architecture

See how premise, structure and narrative architecture support the whole.

Does it keep moving?

Pacing · Momentum · Conflict

See how pacing, momentum and conflict sustain the reading experience.

Do the characters carry the story?

Character Depth · Agency · Emotional Resonance

Examine character depth, protagonist agency and emotional attachment.

Does the execution support the ambition?

World-Building · Voice · Craft · Theme

See how world-building, voice, technical craft and thematic depth work together.

KATXY perspectiveSee the manuscript through the craft dimensions a publishing professional may consider — not as an edit, but as a structured assessment of the completed work.

Genre & Audience

Who Will This Book Speak To?

A genre label tells you where to start. Readers tell you where the book can go.

The manuscript at the centerYour BookReader · Experience · Genre · Orientation

Who is the natural reader?

Audience Profile

See the audience profile the manuscript most naturally aligns with.

What reading experience does it offer?

Accessibility · Complexity

Understand its accessibility, complexity and intellectual demands.

How should it be described?

Genre · Subgenres

See its primary genre and the subgenres that meaningfully shape the manuscript.

Where does it sit creatively?

Literary ↔ Commercial

Understand its orientation across literary and commercial fiction.

KATXY perspectiveTurn “Who is this book for?” into a clearer picture of the readership the manuscript is positioned to reach.

Comparable Landscape

Where Does It Fit in Today's Market?

Every book enters an existing market of stories, expectations and readers.

And that market is crowded.

64,000+Traditionally published fiction releases

740,000+Self-published fiction releases

In 2025 alone, more than 800,000 fiction releases were recorded across the major fiction categories reported in the U.S. — with more than 740,000 coming through self-publishing.

The publishing landscape

The question isn't whether other books exist around yours.

It's whether your manuscript has a clear place among them.

Crowded category?

See the density of the market surrounding the manuscript.

Clear point of difference?

Identify how distinctly the manuscript can articulate its position.

Existing readership?

See where audiences for adjacent fiction may provide natural reader transfer.

Room to enter?

Understand the opportunities and pressures surrounding market entry.

KATXY perspectiveThe purpose isn't to compare authors. It's to understand the market surrounding the book.

Commercial Positioning

How Will the Market Understand It?

Before a book can be chosen, it has to be understood.

ManuscriptPositioningPublishing Proposition

Can it be pitched clearly?

See how readily the manuscript can be expressed as a clear publishing proposition.

Can it be placed clearly?

Understand how legible its position is within the publishing market.

What does it ask from readers?

See the commitment and accessibility pressures built into the reading experience.

How broad can its reach become?

Understand the manuscript's readership and commercial signals.

KATXY perspectiveThe objective isn't to change the book to fit the market. It's to make its place in the market easier to see.

Submission Readiness

Ready to Query?

Your manuscript may be ready to leave your desk. Is it ready to enter theirs?

100+queries / month
Most literary agents

500+queries / month
One in four agents

Most literary agents receive more than 100 queries every month. One in four receives more than 500.

That doesn't mean your manuscript cannot break through.

It means that when you decide to query, readiness matters.

Ready for professional consideration?

See the manuscript's overall submission position.

Building momentum or facing resistance?

Understand the signals affecting its current submission competitiveness.

Strong enough structurally?

See how structural readiness contributes to the submission picture.

Clearly positioned for the market?

See commercial readiness, positioning readiness and revision exposure together.

KATXY perspectiveKATXY cannot promise representation. It gives you another publishing perspective before you decide to submit.

Revision Outlook

What Does the Manuscript Need From Here?

You've probably already revised it. The harder question is whether it needs another round.

93%Among authors preparing to query agents, 93% had already revised their manuscripts at least twice.

At some point, the question changes from:

“Can I keep revising this?”

“What actually needs more work?”

The investment decision$1,920–$4,560

That matters because another professional intervention can be a meaningful investment. In 2026, professional editing for an 80,000-word book typically falls between roughly $1,920 and $4,560, depending on the type of editing, manuscript and editor.

How stable is the foundation?

Foundation

See whether the manuscript's underlying structure provides a stable base for further work.

How much revision may be involved?

Revision Scope

Understand whether the likely scope is relatively contained or more substantive.

How much can change?

Commercial Flexibility

See the manuscript's flexibility when considering commercially useful adjustments.

What should remain intact?

Preservation Sensitivity

Identify how sensitive the manuscript is to changes that could weaken what already works.

KATXY perspectiveKATXY doesn't edit your manuscript. It gives you a clearer view of what further work may — or may not — be warranted before you invest more time and money in it.

Publishing Campaign

How Will the Book Reach Its Readers?

Once the manuscript is ready, the question changes from what the book is to how it enters the world.

The opportunity is real.

More than $15 billion

Fiction publishing represents a market of more than $15 billion across traditional and independent publishing estimates.

Readers are buying fiction at enormous scale.The challenge is helping the right readers discover yours.

BookPositioningMessageReaders

Who should the campaign reach?

Translate the manuscript's audience intelligence into reader priorities.

What should lead the message?

Identify the qualities and appeals that should sit at the center of its positioning.

How should the book be introduced?

Build market-entry direction around the manuscript rather than a generic launch template.

Where should effort concentrate?

Turn the accumulated manuscript intelligence into clear campaign priorities.

KATXY perspectiveMove from manuscript intelligence to a publishing campaign built around the book itself.

Score + Full Report

One KATXY Score. The Intelligence Behind It.

A clear reference point backed by a comprehensive report.