For Authors — NovaGlyph Application

Your Book,
But Queryable.

Your readers already own your PDF. Now give them a 35KB binary that answers their questions offline — without flipping pages or searching the internet for contradictions.

License the Kit — A$79 Talk to Us About Your Book
35KB
Binary size
0ms
Network round-trip
100%
Offline capable
A$0
Per-query cost

Your readers ask you the same 50 questions over and over.
Compile the answers.

Every reference book author knows this: you answer an email, close it, and two days later you're answering the same question from a different reader. The answer is in your book — chapter 4, page 83 — but no one finds it there.

The Book Format takes those 50 questions and compiles them into a native binary your readers can run offline. The binary doesn't replace your book. It sits alongside it as the "field companion" — the thing they run in a paddock, or at 2am, or in a location with no signal.

It does not guess. It does not hallucinate. Every answer traces to the exact FACT line you wrote. If the answer is wrong, it's because you wrote the wrong fact — and you can fix it in one line and push an update.

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Example — First Aid Field Guide

"The author of a coastal first aid manual compiles 200 FACT entries from her book. A reader is on a remote beach when their child is stung by a jellyfish. No internet. They open Terminal, type three words."

$ ./coastal-first-aid.baby "jellyfish sting" → rinse_with_seawater — remove_tentacles_with_card_not_fingers — apply_heat_40C_20min — seek_medical_if_systemic_symptoms
$ ./coastal-first-aid.baby "jellyfish sting do not" → do_not_use_fresh_water — do_not_rub — do_not_apply_urine_or_vinegar_unless_box_jellyfish
$ ./coastal-first-aid.baby "box jellyfish" → call_000_immediately — vinegar_5_percent_for_tentacle_removal — do_not_remove_tentacles_without_vinegar — CPR_if_unconscious

How readers find answers now

Your book's knowledge is already there. The question is how quickly and reliably readers can reach it.

Method Offline? Baby AI Reliable? Speed
PDF search (ctrl+F) Yes Yes If terminology matches Slow
Book index Yes Yes If they check it Slow
Author's website No Yes If site is up Moderate
Internet search No Yes Contradictions exist Moderate
General AI chatbot No Yes Hallucinates Fast
Book Format Baby Yes Traceable to your writing Instant

Four ways to sell it

The binary costs nothing to reproduce after the initial compile. Your Kit is a one-time purchase. Choose the model that suits your audience.

Option A

Bundle

Add the binary to your existing PDF download at no extra charge. Increases perceived value and differentiates your book from competitors.

Option B

Separate Product

Sell the binary at the same price as the PDF. Buyers who want the queryable version pay separately. Two revenue streams from one book.

Option C

Field Edition

PDF is the base tier. "Field Edition" bundles PDF + binary + biannual updates as new reader questions are compiled in. Higher price point, ongoing relationship.

Option D

Reader Questions

Log queries the Baby couldn't answer. Review them quarterly. Compile the best ones into a binary update. Buyers on a subscription get updates as they ship.

Reference authors with specific answers

If your readers ask discrete, specific questions — and especially if they ask in environments without reliable internet — this is the right tool.

Field Manual Authors

Safety procedures, equipment guides, trade references. Your reader is often somewhere a PDF is difficult to navigate and the internet is unavailable.

Trade Reference Writers

Electricians' guides, plumbers' handbooks, farming almanacs. Practitioners need specific answers fast — the binary delivers them in one step.

Medical Guide Authors

First aid manuals, clinical references. The answer to "allergic reaction" or "suspected fracture" needs to arrive in one query, not three page-flips.

Any Repetitive-Question Author

If you have answered the same reader email twice, that question belongs in your Baby. The binary handles the retrieval — you wrote the answer once.

What a Book Format Baby cannot do

It is a companion, not a replacement for the book. The book is where you explain reasoning, mechanism, context, and nuance. The Baby retrieves specific answers from the knowledge your book contains.

It does not reason about situations you didn't anticipate. If a reader asks a question not in your FACT table, the Baby says so honestly — it does not guess. That property is what makes it safe to ship alongside a medical or safety guide.

From chapter to binary

You write your facts. The Kit compiles them. Readers query the result offline. EvolvingBaby expands coverage as real questions come in.

1

List 50 reader questions

Pull from your inbox, social DMs, event Q&As. These are the highest-value entries — real questions your real readers are actually asking.

2

Write them as FACT entries

Each question becomes one line: FACT: jellyfish_sting IS rinse_seawater_remove_tentacles_apply_heat. Negatives get their own line. TYPE_OF links related concepts.

3

Compile with lightc

Run lightc your-book.light -o your-book.baby. Under 30 seconds. Test your 50 questions. Iterate until all return correct answers.

4

Bundle with your book and sell

Add the 35KB binary to your download ZIP. Include a one-page HOW_TO_USE.txt. Choose your revenue model. Ship.

5

Grow with EvolvingBaby

Collect queries the Baby couldn't answer. Run EvolvingBaby to propose new FACT entries from real reader questions. Authorize the right ones. Recompile. Push an update. Your Baby gets smarter as your readership grows.

Your next book ships with a binary.

The NovaGlyph Kit is everything you need to build, compile, and distribute a queryable Baby AI companion alongside your existing or next reference title.

License the Kit — A$79 Talk to Us About Your Book