Submit
Inclusion in the catalog happens by email. There is no form, no account, no fee.
Write to contact [at] maschinenschrift [dot] com and include:
- Title of the work.
- At least one platform where the published EPUB or printed book is publicly findable (Amazon, Apple Books, your publisher’s catalog, your own site — any verifiable listing). Findability is an admission criterion of the catalog; since Spec v8 it is no longer a value on the seal — the B-axis now records whether the factual statements were checked.
- Confirmation that the seal is visibly placed on the work itself, with the declared W/G/B values. State where the seal sits (cover, title page, colophon, about page, footer).
No links to the work are followed from the email. Verification happens by searching for the title independently on the named platform.
If the entry is consistent with the declaration and the seal is present, the work is added to the registry. Replies are not guaranteed; absence of a reply is not refusal.
What is checked
- The work is findable under the named title on the named platform.
- The seal is visible on the work in the values you declared.
- The declaration is internally consistent.
What is not checked: literary quality, commercial standing, the truth of factual claims in the work itself, the accuracy of the W/G/B assessment beyond plausibility.
The B value is not verified either. It is the author’s own statement about whether she held her factual claims against sources outside the substrate — like Wortlaut and Geist a declaration she answers for, not a confirmation by the registry. Maschinenschrift is a register-keeper, not an assay office.
What an entry does not imply
- No quality claim.
- No publishing relationship.
- No exclusion from other catalogs.
- No commitment for future works by the same author.
Changes and withdrawal
To change or remove an entry, write a new email to the same address with the request. Include the slug of the existing entry.