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.
Every month, booksellers and libraries pay to be found — and own nothing in return.
SEO is a monthly bill. Stop paying and your books vanish from the first page. The traffic was never yours.
Marketplaces charge commission on each book sold — plus listing fees — for the privilege of being seen.
A title, a price, a line of condition. Google has nothing rich to index — so buyers never find you.
One is rent. The other is property. Do the math.
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.
Detailed description, historical context, critical reception, major translations and adaptations.
Narrative biography, geographic-historical context, methodology.
Edition-specific notes — first edition, critical editions, place, year, language, format.
Editor, translator, illustrator, engraver, cartographer, binder — each with its own biography.
Switch the plan to reveal more depth. This widget embeds directly on your book's page — your branding, your domain.
Give us your platform link or a list. We read it — no manual work, no spreadsheets from you.
Filter by price, year or category — or select all. You decide exactly which books we describe.
We produce the descriptions. You review them and pay only for those you accept.
Copy one snippet onto each book's page. The rich description is now yours, on your domain, forever.
Your platform outranks most independent booksellers in Google visibility.
Visibility comparable to global marketplaces — without listing fees or commissions.
Your catalogue rivals an online encyclopedia in search coverage and authority.
A described collection becomes a cultural hub far beyond its administrative scope — attracting funding and donations worldwide.
Every plan is cumulative — Pro includes all of Standard, and Maximum includes everything. Here is exactly which part of each description you receive at each tier.
| Data you receive | Standard | Pro | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|
| The work — the book itself | |||
| Summary description | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chapter list (table of contents) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Detailed description, chapter by chapter | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Why read this work | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Critical assessment | — | — | ✓ |
| The edition | |||
| Edition descriptions (publication, translation, editorial and all production notes) | — | — | ✓ |
| The author | |||
| Life overview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Why read this author | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Methodology and impact | — | — | ✓ |
| Every other contributor — illustrator, engraver, cartographer, lithographer, photographer, translator, publisher, editor, bookbinder | |||
| Bio overview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Why this contributor matters | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Creative and editorial philosophy | — | — | ✓ |
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 descriptions | Standard | Pro | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Florin Valentin Marin — founder, among the books.
My name is Florin Valentin Marin. For twenty-five years I worked as an antiquarian bookseller — handling, cataloguing and selling rare and old books. I am also a collector of military history; my own shelves hold more than five hundred volumes on Napoleon Bonaparte alone.
Like every bookseller who moved online, I ran into the same wall. To be found, you either rent visibility through SEO, or you sell on national and global marketplaces and surrender a commission on every sale. Either way you depend on giants — and you own nothing.
Over the last five years I tested every alternative I could find. The conclusion was always the same: the one thing the search engines cannot ignore is deep, original, scholarly content on your own website — a complete account of a work and every contributor behind it, two thousand words at minimum, sometimes well past seven thousand for the great books. That is the asset Google indexes and rewards, and your visibility grows in step with the number of descriptions you own. Scripta Mundi is that method, turned into a service.
Scripta Mundi is a specialised bibliographic studio. I founded it, I set its standards, and I supervise every description personally. The research is accelerated by AI under expert bibliographic oversight — never invented, always grounded in verifiable sources. For a library, that means a richly described collection that becomes a cultural hub in its own right. For a bookseller, it means visibility you build once and keep forever.
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We draw exclusively from verifiable sources. No fictional contributors are ever added to inflate a description.
For some works, sections will be empty — not through error, but because the sources don't provide it. We won't fabricate.
For well-founded reasons, you may refuse any description you judge inaccurate. We consider that a fair condition of partnership.
Lost packages, weak data, tier reclassification — that's our production cost, never yours. You pay for quality you accept.
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 platformPick 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: contact@scripta-mundi.com
