Editorial standards

Every listening guide should be clear about what it is, careful with evidence, useful to its intended audience and honest about uncertainty.

Originality and rights

Emma's Library publishes original explanatory scripts, independent commentary and new retellings of public-domain works. A bestseller brief is a guide to a modern book, not the book itself. The library does not present copied modern prose as original narration.

Sources and uncertainty

Science and history scripts are developed from research briefs and evidence appropriate to the topic. When sources disagree or a famous story is legendary, the narration should say so instead of turning uncertainty into fact.

Automated tools and human responsibility

Automated tools may assist research organization, drafting, narration, transcription and quality checks. They do not remove editorial responsibility. Book pages expose the narrated text, learning scope and review status so claims can be examined.

Quality certificates

A displayed certificate means that the exact narrated script passed checks for factual care, audience fit, pedagogy, structure, tone, source honesty and metadata alignment. The certificate is script-hash bound: changing the narration retires the certificate until review runs again.

Corrections

Material corrections should update the transcript and page, refresh the visible modification date, and trigger a new exact-script review where a certificate is shown. Minor style changes must not be used to create false freshness signals.