Author
Revival Lab
Reader psychology, not plot summaries
Author Revival Lab
Your book isn't bad.
It's undiagnosed.
Most book promotion fails before it starts. Not because the author didn't try. Because the content was built around the book's plot — not the reader's psychology.
At ARL, every piece of promotional content is extracted from inside your book — the real wound the story touches, the exact reader it was written for, the hook that makes that reader stop scrolling and feel something.
For fiction authors — published, pre-launch, or mid-draft — who know something is wrong but cannot name it yet.
The ARL Diagnostic System
"The reader doesn't buy the book. They buy the wound it promises to touch."
1. Signal Layer
Cover · Title · Blurb · Categories
2. Substance Layer
Structure · Craft · Character arc
3. Psychology Layer
Core Wound · Reader identification
4. Promotion Layer
Platform fit · Content strategy
Every book treated as if it has never existed before. Because it hasn't.
Reader psychology, not plot summaries
Delivered in 7 days
Your book remains yours
The gap between what your book promises
and what it delivers — that is where sales die.
Every book is treated like it has never existed before. Because it hasn't. All content is pulled from inside the specific book — real quotes, real character psychology, real reader psychology. The differentiator is precision: every piece of content is built around what this specific book does to the person reading it.
Signal Audit
Cover, title, blurb, categories — what reader do they recruit?
The fracture between your signal and your substance is where most books fail before anyone opens page one.
Reader Psychology
Who is the exact reader?
What wound does this book touch?
Every hook, caption, and carousel is built from the answer — not from a genre template.
Page One Contract
What does your opening page promise?
Does the book keep it?
The reader who feels betrayed by page three doesn't leave a review — they just leave.
Content That Converts
30 days of platform-specific captions, hook video scripts, email sequences, and promotional graphics — all extracted from inside your book, not written around it.
DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
Every book is treated like it has never existed before. Because it hasn't.
Three diagnostic layers. Each one answers a different question. Each one is built from inside your specific book — not from a template.
Layer 1 — Signal
Is the cover recruiting the right reader?
Signal Audit
€49
Delivered in 48 hours
Is your cover recruiting the wrong reader?
A diagnostic pass across every element a reader sees before they open page one — cover, title, subtitle, blurb, categories.
Identifies the exact fracture point where the signal breaks down and the wrong reader arrives.
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Cover signal analysis — thumbnail test + genre alignment
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Title & subtitle diagnosis using the Four Laws of Attention
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Blurb audit — wound activation vs. plot description
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KDP category & keyword alignment check
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Signal fracture report with specific repair brief
one-time
Layer 2 — SUBSTANCE
Is the book structurally and psychologically ready?
ARL Council
€49
one-time
Delivered in 48 hours
Is the book structurally ready — or is it broken in a way you cannot see from inside it?
Six specialist run a simultaneous diagnostic on your manuscript, outline, book idea, or chapter roadmap. Works on finished books, unfinished drafts, and concepts.
Authors do not need to finish a broken book before finding out it is broken.
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Six literary diagnostic — craft, commercial, psychological, structural
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Works on finished manuscripts, outlines, book ideas, and chapter roadmaps
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Premise-promise alignment + character wound assessment
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Structural fracture identification
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Verdict: Go / Go with changes / Pivot / Repair brief
Layer 3 — Promotion
Who needs to know — and how do they find out?
Promo Council
€49
one-time
Delivered in 48 hours
Who needs to know — and how do they find out?
Four promotional specialists build a wound-based platform strategy from inside your manuscript.
You leave knowing exactly what to post, where to post it, and what line stops the scroll.
For authors who want the strategy and will execute it themselves.
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Hook Inventory — emotional promise, strongest scene, quotable lines, comp titles
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Wound Line + three activation formats (wound, provocation, curiosity gap)
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Reader identification — psychological profile, not demographic
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Platform fit assessment + priority order with rationale
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Five platform-specific content hooks ready to use
30-Day Content Package
€200
one-time
Delivered in 7 DAYS
Everything done for you. Built from inside your book.
A complete 30-day promotional campaign extracted from your manuscript's own psychology. Not generic captions — specific hooks built from your reader's wound, your book's emotional promise, and the exact signal your cover makes.
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Signal Audit included
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30 days of platform-specific social captions (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn)
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Hook video script (30–45 seconds, BookTok format)
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3-email welcome sequence
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Amazon description with HTML formatting
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Author bio — 3 versions (long / medium / short)
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Posting calendar with hashtag strategy
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3 promotional graphics (JPG/PNG, ready to post)
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3 book quote cards (JPG/PNG, ready to post)
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Artistly image prompts for future graphics
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Platform setup guide
Pre-Launch + Post-Launch Package
€350
one-time
Delivered in 7 DAYS
30 days before launch. 30 days after.
One complete campaign.
30 days before launch. 30 days after. One complete campaign.
A full 60-day campaign split across the launch window — 30 days of pre-launch content to build anticipation, and 30 days of post-launch content to sustain momentum. Everything built from inside your book's wound, not from a template.
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Signal Audit included
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30 days pre-launch: cover reveal strategy, ARC content, anticipation hooks
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30 days post-launch: review requests, reader psychology content, sustained captions
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Platform-specific captions for all 60 days (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn)
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Hook video script + pre-launch teaser script
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3-email pre-launch sequence + 3-email post-launch nurture series
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Amazon description with HTML formatting
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Author bio — 3 versions (long / medium / short)
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Full 60-day posting calendar with hashtag strategy
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6 promotional graphics (JPG/PNG, ready to post)
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6 book quote cards (JPG/PNG, ready to post)
Author Platform Build
€300
one-time
Delivered in 7–10 DAYS
Your book has a world. Your website should be the door into it.
A complete author website built -
designed from inside your book's psychology, not from a generic author template. Every section is built around what your specific book does to the reader who needs it.
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Hero section built around your book's wound line
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Story layer, character layer, reader psychology section
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Evidence layer — 3 book quotes that activate the wound reflex
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Series layer — all books presented as a world to enter
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Email capture with a book-specific lead offer
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Amazon buy buttons, mobile optimised, SEO meta tags set
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First 3 blog posts ready
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Full handover guide
Not sure where to start?
The Signal Audit is the fastest way to find out if something is wrong. Most authors start there.
All packages delivered within 7 business days. Secure payment via Stripe or PayPal.
Historical fiction · Four-book series · Self-published
The Fracture
"Cover signalled historical thriller. Blurb opened with family backstory. Wrong reader arrived, read the first page, and left."
The Finding
The Signal Audit identified the fracture in the first paragraph: the blurb was recruiting a literary fiction reader while the cover promised a thriller. The Wound Line was extracted and used to rewrite the blurb around what the book actually does to the reader who needs it.
What Changed
Blurb rewritten using the Wound Line from the audit.
Amazon conversions changed within two weeks of the update going live.
The fracture. The finding. What changed.
Anonymous case files from the ARL archive. No author names. No book titles.
The diagnostic, the finding, and the outcome.
From the Case Files
Debut author · Historical thriller · Pre-publication
The Fracture
"60,000 words into the manuscript. Something was wrong. The author could not name it."
The Finding
The Council identified it in the first pass: the protagonist had a wound but no wound circuit. She was suffering. The reader was not.
The book was technically competent and emotionally inert — a fracture invisible from inside the work.
What Changed
The arc was rebuilt before the manuscript was finished.
Six months of rewriting a completed draft were avoided. The book went to submission with the wound circuit intact.
Historical fiction · Relaunched title · Indie published
The Fracture
"The manuscript had already been through two rounds of developmental editing. The craft was fixed. The book still wasn't landing."
The Finding
The Autopsy found what the editors couldn't see: the book was promising one wound and delivering a different one. The reader who needed this book was not the reader the cover was recruiting. Reader Psychology identified the exact person — what they carry, where they live online, what line stops them scrolling.
What Changed
The Wound Line from the Autopsy became the headline of every piece of promotional content. The book was relaunched three months after the diagnostic. It found its readers.
One week of promo content.
Built from inside your book.
Four spots per month.
Real deliverables — not a template, not a checklist. A full diagnostic pass on your book's signal layer, followed by seven days of content built from your reader's psychology. No card required.
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Signal Audit — cover, title, blurb, categories diagnosed
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Page One Diagnostic — what your opening promises
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7 days of platform-specific social captions
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Hook video script (30–45 sec, BookTok format)
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AI video prompt — ready to paste into any video tool
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Amazon description with HTML formatting
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3 book quote card prompts
You'll submit: book cover, blurb, genre, and first 3 chapters. Results delivered in 7 days.
VIP Diagnostic
The Manuscript
Autopsy Protocol
This is not a content package.
This is a full diagnostic of everything your book is doing — and everything it is failing to do — before a single piece of promotional content is created.
The Autopsy Protocol runs seven diagnostic layers.
It identifies the exact fracture between what your book signals and what it delivers — and builds every piece of content from the wound up.
WHAT AUTOPSY PROTOCOL CONTAINS
Signal Layer
Cover, title, subtitle, blurb, categories — what reader do they recruit?
Substance Layer
What does the book actually deliver?
Signal–Substance Gap
Where the fracture lives between promise and delivery.
Page One Contract
What does page one promise — and does the book keep it?
Character Layer
Competing wants, wound reflexes, self-deception patterns.
Structure Layer
Transitions, pacing, chapter architecture.
Reader Psychology
Who is the exact reader, and what wound does this book touch?
by application only
€550
info@authorrevivallab.net
All submissions are private and reviewed individually.
Apply for the Autopsy Protocol
This is not a form to buy a service. It is an application. I take on a limited number of VIP clients and every book is reviewed before acceptance.