Terms of Service
Last updated: May 4, 2026
By using Authorly, you agree to these terms. They are written in plain English on purpose.
What Authorly is
Authorly is a free toolkit that uses AI (Anthropic's Claude) to help indie authors with the actually-painful parts of self-publishing — comp titles, Amazon book descriptions, KDP keywords, category placement, trope finding, ad headlines, and author bios. The output is generated by an AI model and can contain inaccuracies. Always verify a book's details, a category's path, or a keyword's character count on Amazon or another reliable source before using it in your published Amazon description, advertising copy, or marketing materials.
Acceptable use
- Use the service for lawful purposes only.
- Do not attempt to bypass our rate limits, scrape the site programmatically, or otherwise abuse the service.
- Do not submit content that is unlawful in your jurisdiction (this includes content that depicts minors in sexual situations, incites violence, or otherwise violates applicable law).
- Do not impersonate others or provide deliberately misleading information.
We may rate-limit or block IP addresses that abuse the service.
What we don't promise
- We don't promise the AI's suggestions are accurate. Always verify titles, authors, years, category paths, and character counts before publishing.
- We don't promise the service is always available. Outages happen. There is no SLA.
- We don't promise your input will produce useful results. The output depends on the input.
- We don't promise the service will continue indefinitely. We may shut it down or change its features at any time.
Affiliate links
Some links on Authorly may be affiliate links to products (book marketing tools, writing software, etc.) that we believe are useful for indie authors. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This commission helps fund the free tools on this site. We only recommend products we'd recommend regardless of the affiliate relationship. Where required, affiliate relationships are disclosed inline.
Intellectual property
The text you paste belongs to you. The AI-generated output is the output of an AI system — we don't claim copyright on it, and you can use it however you like (subject to the verification caveat above). The Authorly site design, logo, and prompt engineering belong to us.
Liability and risk
You use Authorly at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for:
- Errors, omissions, or hallucinations in AI-generated suggestions
- Decisions you make based on those suggestions
- Service outages, downtime, or data loss
- Any indirect, consequential, special, or punitive damages
If you publish a book description containing AI-generated comp titles and the author or publication year turns out to be wrong, that's on you, not us. We tell you to verify before publishing for exactly this reason.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The "last updated" date will reflect any changes. Continuing to use the service after changes means you accept the updated terms.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Ireland. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of Ireland.