AI book editing log

# AI book editing log

Source: https://aiebookgenerator.ai/learn/editing-ai-books
Prepared September 7, 2026.

## Baseline
- Original manuscript filename (preserve it):
- Working copy and revision:
- Reader / book outcome:
- Intended publication channel:
- Reviewer / review date:
- Sections sampled before estimating the work:

## Chapter map — repeat per chapter
- Chapter:
- Question it answers:
- New understanding or action:
- Evidence and example:
- What the next chapter needs from it:
- Keep / combine / move / remove, with reason:

## Repetition record
- Concept:
- Locations:
- Primary home:
- What each later appearance adds:
- Correction:
- Handoffs checked after the edit:

## Claim record
- Exact claim and manuscript location:
- Type: fact / quotation / inference / personal experience / hypothetical
- Original source and relevant passage:
- Scope, date, population, units, or other limitations:
- Reviewer:
- Decision: support / qualify / replace / remove
- Date resolved:

## Seven review passes
- [ ] Structure: each chapter advances the book's purpose.
- [ ] Repetition: repeated material has an explicit teaching job.
- [ ] Claims: consequential assertions have been checked or removed.
- [ ] Examples: readers can see a decision under specific conditions.
- [ ] Voice: recommendations reflect the author's reasoning.
- [ ] Continuity and sentences: details agree and prose is readable.
- [ ] Artifact: the exact release file works outside the editor.

## Final check
- Unresolved issues:
- Decision and reason:
- Approved filename:
- Approved by / date:

Do not use an AI detector score as a substitute for reading the manuscript,
checking sources, or understanding how it was produced.

## Completed claim entry (invented teaching example)
- Location: chapter 2, paragraph 3.
- Draft claim: "A folder system increases productivity by 40%."
- Source supplied: none.
- Missing: original study, population, definition of productivity and measurement.
- Decision: remove the number; do not substitute "research proves."
- Replacement task: show how a reader identifies an approved file using a file index.
- Remaining check: confirm the workflow fits the intended reader's existing system.

## Editing-time worksheet
Keep observed work separate from delays and missing inputs.
- Sample length:
- Minutes spent restructuring:
- Minutes checking sources:
- Minutes line editing:
- Total sample time:
- Comparable manuscript length:
- Projection: total sample time × comparable length / sample length.
- Extra work excluded from projection (interview, missing research, full rewrite):
- Second sample checked for a different defect rate:

The projection is an estimate from your own observed work, not an industry rate.

Need the worked example and instructions? Return to Edit an AI-assisted book.