Fact-Checking
Last updated: 17 September 2026
A compelling passage must still be the author's passage. Our editorial standard starts with the source.
Understand the book first
We identify the book's themes, perspective and likely reader appeal before choosing a passage. Memoir may offer recognition of a lived experience; fiction may create tension or longing; philosophy may shift a reader's perspective. We compare candidate passages for relevance, clarity, emotional impact and the context needed to understand them.
Check the exact words
We compare quotations with an identified source edition and retain a locator such as a page or section. We check extraction errors, punctuation and speaker perspective. Editorial hooks and invitations are kept separate from quotations. We do not add imagined thoughts, silently change first person to third person, or pass a paraphrase off as the author's words.
Any necessary omission or adaptation must be identifiable as such. A passage is not treated as verified merely because another website repeats it or an AI system attributes it to an author.
Check surrounding claims and editions
Author information, historical claims, publication details and product formats require suitable sources, preferably the work itself, its publisher, a library record or another authoritative source. A memoir's account is attributed to its narrator; quoting it does not independently establish every event it describes. Unknown details remain unknown.
We distinguish source editions from retail editions, and identify translation differences where relevant. Retail availability and prices can change after a check; the retailer's current listing governs its offer.
Review the complete video
Our release process checks the narration, captions, source text, illustrations, attribution, book links and end card together. Illustrations must support what is being read without presenting invented imagery as documentary evidence. Automation can help compare words and flag errors; it does not replace editorial review.
When something is uncertain or wrong
We qualify uncertain claims, choose another passage when context cannot be established, and investigate credible reports of mistakes. See the Corrections Policy. Send the page, disputed detail and supporting source to hello@litfever.com.