From the classics to the latest releases

The world's most complete book descriptions — on your platform.

Scripta Mundi writes encyclopedic descriptions of the works you sell — the author, the edition, every contributor — then hands them to you as a ready-to-embed widget. You do nothing. We do everything.

Bought once. Owned forever. Reused every time the edition returns to your shelves.

Scripta Mundi emblem — globe, scroll, book and tablet
The bookseller's dilemma

You don't own your visibility. You rent it.

Every month, booksellers and libraries pay to be found — and own nothing in return.

Search engines

Rented position

SEO is a monthly bill. Stop paying and your books vanish from the first page. The traffic was never yours.

Global platforms

5–10% on every sale

Marketplaces charge commission on each book sold — plus listing fees — for the privilege of being seen.

Thin metadata

Catalogues that don't rank

A title, a price, a line of condition. Google has nothing rich to index — so buyers never find you.

Two ways to be found online

An asset you own — or rent you never stop paying.

The old way

SEO + platform commissions

  • A recurring monthly cost, forever
  • 5–10% commission on every single sale
  • Listing fees, sometimes per item
  • Visibility ends the moment you stop paying
  • You build authority for someone else's domain
Rent you never stop paying.
The Scripta Mundi way

Buy the description once

  • Pay once per edition — own it permanently
  • Reuse it every time the edition returns to stock
  • Rich content Google wants to index — on your domain
  • No commission. No listing fee. No rent.
  • Authority and traffic accrue to you, not a marketplace
An asset on your balance sheet.

One is rent. The other is property. Do the math.

Inside every description

Not metadata. A scholarly dossier.

Every description covers the work, its author, the specific edition, and every contributor — with full biographies, historical context, and critical analysis, cross-linked and ready to read.

W

The Work

Detailed description, historical context, critical reception, major translations and adaptations.

A

The Author

Narrative biography, geographic-historical context, methodology, masters and disciples.

E

The Edition

Edition-specific notes — first edition, critical editions, place, year, language, format.

C

Every Contributor

Editor, translator, illustrator, engraver, cartographer, binder — each with its own biography.

We describe whoever we find — as many as we find
Author Publisher Translator Illustrator Engraver Lithographer Cartographer Photographer Bookbinder
A real description, live

This is what your customer sees.

Switch the plan to reveal more depth. This widget embeds directly on your book's page — your branding, your domain.

scripta-mundi.com · live widget
From your catalogue to your page

Four steps. You lift nothing.

Send your catalogue

Give us your platform link or a list. We read it — no manual work, no spreadsheets from you.

You choose the books

Filter by price, year or category — or select all. You decide exactly which books we describe.

We extract & you review

We produce the descriptions. You review them and pay only for those you accept.

Embed the widget

Copy one snippet onto each book's page. The rich description is now yours, on your domain, forever.

The compounding advantage

The more you own, the harder you are to ignore.

1,000

Your platform outranks most independent booksellers in Google visibility.

10,000

Visibility comparable to global marketplaces — without listing fees or commissions.

100,000

Your catalogue rivals an online encyclopedia in search coverage and authority.

Library

A described collection becomes a cultural hub far beyond its administrative scope — attracting funding and donations worldwide.

Per description · volume discounts

Simple pricing. You pay only for what we deliver.

If the historical record can't support the depth your plan requires, your description is reclassified to the lower tier — and you're charged the lower price. You never pay Maximum rates for Standard depth.

Volume of descriptionsStandardProMaximum
Under 1,000$2.00$3.00$4.00
1,001 – 10,000$1.95$2.90$3.80
10,001 – 100,000$1.90$2.80$3.60
100,001 – 1,000,000$1.85$2.70$3.40
Over 1,000,000$1.80$2.60$3.20
Standard — core descriptions
Pro — adds influence & lineage
Maximum — full scholarly dossier
Our commitment to you

Honest data, or no data.

No invented data

We draw exclusively from verifiable sources. No fictional contributors are ever added to inflate a description.

Incomplete is honest

For some works, sections will be empty — not through error, but because the sources don't provide it. We won't fabricate.

Your right to refuse

For well-founded reasons, you may refuse any description you judge inaccurate. We consider that a fair condition of partnership.

Pay only for what we deliver

Lost packages, weak data, tier reclassification — that's our production cost, never yours. You pay for quality you accept.

Where this is going

A bibliographic memory for the whole world — a modern Library of Alexandria.

Every description we write is a node in a growing knowledge graph connecting works, authors, editions and contributors across centuries. Today it powers your catalogue. Tomorrow it becomes a cultural hub in its own right.

Coming next · the Scripta Mundi platform
No risk, no setup

Send us one book. We'll describe it free.

Pick any title from your stock. We'll return a complete description within 24 hours — no charge, no obligation. See the quality for yourself, then decide.

Or write directly: florinvalentinmarin@gmail.com