From mind-dump to an owned edition
Most writing tools solve one slice of the work. Sheva is designed as a sequence: capture the raw material, shape it, write it, preserve an edition, and decide separately whether anything should become public.
The physical-book path is part of that product model, but it is not represented as operational until the print product and provider gates pass.
1. Loom — capture before organizing
Loom is the low-friction place for fragments, questions, quotations, and scenes. Its job is to keep early material from being lost before it has a chapter.
2. Research and Nexus — keep sources attached
Research is the reader-facing name for source work. Nexus keeps relationships between ideas visible so a draft can grow from evidence rather than a folder of disconnected notes.
3. Snowflake — find the shape
Snowflake turns a premise into increasingly specific structure. It provides a path through the book without forcing every writer into the same outline.
4. Studio — write the manuscript
Studio is where the editable manuscript lives. Save operations are scoped to the signed-in owner and use revisions so stale tabs cannot silently overwrite newer work.
5. Prepare — make a durable private edition
Prepare creates an immutable edition from a specific manuscript revision. The owner can read the accessible HTML form or download the generated PDF. This is a durable private artifact, not an automatic publication and not a promise that the file meets a printer's production specification.
6. Shelf — keep what you own
The Shelf shows authored works and their private editions. A book does not need a public profile or listing to belong there.
7. Publish — only when the author chooses
A ready edition can enter a publication desk. The author reviews the exact title, description, cover, bounded sample, formats, external offer, and rights statement before approving a release. A later manuscript revision does not silently replace that release.
Today, public offers lead to an external HTTPS provider. External checkout does not create a Sheva order or library entitlement. Native reader sales remain unavailable while payments, refunds, entitlements, payouts, and support controls are still gated.
8. Personal print — a controlled future step
The local product includes the control model for a personal copy: a separate print artifact, exact proof approval, a private address, a frozen quote, an idempotent order operation, and fulfillment history. No provider order is submitted while the verified print product and provider adapter are disabled.
That distinction is deliberate. A rendered PDF and an order screen are not evidence that a physical book can be manufactured and delivered.
Who should use something else
If you have a finished manuscript and need mature EPUB or production layout today, a tool like Vellum or Atticus serves that lane better. Sheva is for the connected lifecycle and for authors comfortable with its current edition and external-publication boundaries.
Price
The Free tier is real. The founding seat is the only paid offer currently represented: $199 once for lifetime Author access, capped at the first hundred seats. It does not create a print order. Any future physical copy requires its own approved proof and quote after the print service is enabled.
FAQ
Does Prepare publish my manuscript? No. It creates a private edition. Publication requires a separate exact preview and an explicit approval.
Is the PDF ready for commercial printing? It is a private reading edition. Sheva does not call it a printer-certified production package.
Can readers buy books inside Sheva today? No. Published releases may include reviewed external offers. Native checkout and Sheva entitlements remain closed.
Can I order a personal copy today? No provider-backed order is available while the print gates remain closed. The product will require separate files, proof approval, quote acceptance, and order approval.