AI & your book
You write the book. You own the book. Here's exactly what that means for Amazon, copyright, and disclosure — in plain words, with no hedging about how this product is built.
The one distinction everything hinges on
Every gatekeeper — Amazon KDP, the U.S. Copyright Office, the Authors Guild — draws the same line:
- AI-generated — an AI created the actual text that survives in the final book. Amazon asks you to disclose it at upload (internally — readers never see it), some stores restrict it, and it isn't copyrightable on its own.
- AI-assisted — you created the content; AI helped brainstorm, outline, check continuity, suggest wording, or edit. No disclosure anywhere. It's treated like spellcheck or a very good editor.
The counterintuitive part: the test is origin, not edit depth. Heavily rewriting an AI draft doesn't reclassify it — if the words started as AI output, they stay "generated." If you wrote the foundational prose and AI refined it, it's "assisted." The line is who authored the words on the page.
How Scribegrove is built for that line
Scribegrove is an AI-assisted authoring studio, and that isn't a slogan — it's the architecture:
- Your Foundation is permanent. The story told in your own words — typed or dictated — is recorded and never rewritten by AI, ever. It outlives every edit and every clear. It's your authorship record.
- You set the dial. Hand Grove a few beats and let it draft (that's the AI-generated end — and if you publish those words, disclosure is your call to make honestly), or write every word yourself and let the AI only structure, check continuity, and suggest. Most authors live in between, and the product makes it obvious which side of the line any given passage came from.
- Nothing changes without your say-so. Every AI suggestion is preview-then-apply. Grove reads your book and gives you an editor's notes; it never takes the pen unless you hand it over.
- We never label your book. No auto-classification, no AI flags on exports, no reporting. At publish time, our disclosure wizard walks you through each store's current rule so the decision is yours and informed.
What the gatekeepers expect, briefly
Amazon KDP asks you to disclose AI-generated text, images, or translations when you upload; AI-assisted work needs no disclosure. The disclosure is internal — it doesn't appear to readers and doesn't affect ranking or royalties. The U.S. Copyright Office requires human authorship for protection; AI-assisted works with meaningful human expression are copyrightable in their human-authored parts. Other stores mostly police volume-spam signals rather than per-book AI use. Traditional publishers are the strictest channel and increasingly use contract clauses requiring disclosure of AI-generated text.
None of this page is legal advice. Platform policies and copyright guidance change — always check the current rules of the store or publisher you're submitting to.
Why we care this much
Scribegrove exists so people with real stories — including writers for whom the mechanics of writing are the hard part — can get them onto the page without giving up authorship. The whole story is in the first entry of the developer journal.
Frequently asked
If I use Scribegrove, do I have to tell Amazon my book used AI?
That depends on how you used it, not on the tool. Amazon's KDP guidelines distinguish AI-generated (the AI created text that survives in the final book — disclose it at upload; the disclosure is internal and not shown to readers) from AI-assisted (you wrote the content; AI helped brainstorm, outline, check continuity, or refine — no disclosure expected, same as spellcheck). Scribegrove shows you exactly which is which, and the choice to disclose is always yours to make at the platform.
Does editing AI-drafted text make it 'AI-assisted'?
Under Amazon's current guidance, no — the test is origin, not edit depth. If words started as AI output and some survive, that content is 'AI-generated' even after heavy revision. If you authored the foundational prose and AI refined it, it's 'assisted.' This is why Scribegrove keeps a permanent record of the story told in your own words (your Foundation) — it's your clearest evidence of human authorship.
Can I copyright a book I wrote with AI help?
The U.S. Copyright Office requires human authorship. Purely AI-generated text isn't copyrightable on its own; an AI-assisted work with meaningful human expression is — the protection covers the parts a human authored. The more the words on the page are genuinely yours, the stronger your position. (This page is general information, not legal advice.)
Does Scribegrove label or report my book as AI anything?
No. Disclosure is something an author chooses to do about a book, to a platform — it is never something the product does to you. Scribegrove never auto-classifies your manuscript, never attaches an AI label to your exports, and never reports anything to anyone. At publish time we explain each store's current rule so your choice is an informed one.