Writing desk
Scrivener, Ulysses, and similar software are where a manuscript is drafted, shaped, rearranged, and prepared for export.
AuthorAZ category
The Private Back Office for Indie Authors
AuthorAZ does not replace your writing software. It keeps the operational side of your author career organised, private, and offline: the manuscript and publishing asset vault that sits behind each book.
The distinction
Writing desk vs. back office
A drafting tool and an author vault solve different problems. Keeping that distinction clear makes each tool easier to choose and use well.
Knowledge workspace
Obsidian and research tools are where notes, ideas, sources, and connections can live across many projects.
Private back office
AuthorAZ is the local-first author vault for the business material that follows a book through publication and promotion.
What AuthorAZ is for
A calm, local source of truth for the information that gets reused in retailer dashboards, newsletters, launch notes, and author marketing.
Manuscript reference snapshots
Metadata, ISBNs, keywords, and buy links
Pen names, covers, quotes, and reviews
Quote cards, review cards, and carousels
Password-encrypted backups you place yourself
One-time purchase, no recurring subscription
What it deliberately does not replace
AuthorAZ is not a drafting editor, a binder or corkboard, a compile workflow, a cloud writing suite, or an AI writing assistant. Your original writing file remains your working source.
Compare AuthorAZ and ScrivenerPrivacy architecture
No AuthorAZ account. No AuthorAZ cloud library. No in-app tracking. No AI processing of manuscripts. The app keeps its library on the device, with password-encrypted backups that the author chooses where to store.
Common questions
Does AuthorAZ replace Scrivener or another writing app?
No. AuthorAZ does not draft, edit, arrange, or compile a manuscript. It keeps the operational material around a book organized on the author’s device.
What does AuthorAZ keep in the back office?
Book metadata, covers, retailer links, quotations, reviews, manuscript reference snapshots, social assets, pen-name portfolios, and password-encrypted backups.
Does AuthorAZ upload manuscript material?
No. The app has no AuthorAZ cloud library and does not send manuscripts to AI services for processing.