the mark
Said so on the cover.
This is the stamp that goes on books made with the method, beginning with ours. Its grammar is one preposition: made with, never made by. The method is the instrument. The author is the author.
The text in both files is outlined: no fonts to install, no substitutions in print.
What it claims
The mark claims a practice, not a prize. On a cover it stands for four things:
- The book discloses, on the book itself, that it was made with AI.
- A standard was written down before the machine wrote a word.
- The standard was enforced adversarially: the hand that wrote never graded.
- The author designed the law, read every verdict, and ruled on every tie.
It does not claim the book is good. No stamp can. The mark says the fight happened and the record exists; the judging of the result belongs to the reader.
Where it goes
On the cover for the bold; on the copyright page for the rest. The colophon has been the honest home of a book’s production record since before the printing press, and this mark is a colophon. It belongs on the book, not at the front of a retail listing: the listing sells the story, the book discloses the making.
Whose it is
Ours, and claimed as trademarks: the name and the mark both. The embeds are CC BY 4.0; the license covers their text, and neither the name nor the mark is part of it. The mark identifies this studio’s practice, and it means something only while that stays true. In the workshop: terms for carrying it on books that are not ours, and the public register that will keep it honest.