Practical Onboarding

Getting started.

A direct onboarding guide for authors evaluating scope, readiness, and collaboration options.

What authors need to have ready

  • Book or project manuscript
  • Brief audience definition
  • Chapter or concept summaries
  • Glossary and preferred terms (where required)
  • Any non-negotiable framing boundaries (if required)

What Living Literature supplies

  • Canon-pack architecture and setup
  • Companion behavior shaping and controls
  • Reader pathway and experience design
  • Deployment and iteration support
  • Reader membership and Book Oversight
§ 01

Your book's onboarding journey

A guided build path that turns your manuscript into a structured, author-controlled companion experience.

Click the player, then use SPACE / arrows / P to navigate through the steps.

Limited pilot · Now open

Interested in testing your book?

We are opening a limited pilot for authors who want to take one serious book through the first Living Literature onboarding flow. Active pilots will see how their manuscript is structured into a canon draft, review and shape the companion logic, and help refine the author workflow before broader release.

Best suited for: serious nonfiction, idea-driven books, reflective frameworks, and books with a clear conceptual backbone.

Join the Pilot Series →

§ 02 · Typical collaboration pathways

Pathway 01

Single-Book Pilot

Focused companion build for one title with clear scope and fast feedback cycles.

Pathway 02

Series Build

Continuity layer across multiple books with linked concepts and cumulative reader pathways.

Pathway 03

Education / Curriculum

Structured deployment for cohorts, classrooms, and guided instructional outcomes.

§ 03 · Timeline expectations

  • Initial fit and intake: short cycle
  • Pilot build: scoped implementation window
  • Expansion: staged by readiness and evidence

§ 04 · Models, hosting, scope

  • Model and runtime decisions aligned to behavior goals, not novelty
  • Hosting choices follow reliability and maintainability requirements
  • Scope is intentionally constrained in phase one

§ 05 · Pricing approach

Scoped by pathway, complexity, and continuity requirements. No fixed public pricing until fit and scope are clear.

Contact and intake.

Send a short inquiry including your topic, audience, and preferred pathway: single-book pilot, series build, education use case, or custom partnership.