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A practical hub for the people who make books.
Provenance Studio helps writers, editors, agents, illustrators, and publishers work with more clarity, stronger process, and better tools.
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What Provenance Studio is
Provenance Studio is the working side of Page and Provenance — a growing knowledge hub built for the people who shape books from draft to finished work. It is designed to help each trade do its job better, faster, and with fewer blind spots, while also making it easier to understand how every role connects to the others. Explore guides for writers, editors, agents, illustrators, and publishers.
- Clear guides for each trade
- Better workflows and decision frameworks
- Practical tool recommendations
- Publishing-path education
- Resources that grow over time
Choose your lane
Start with the role that matches how you work in the book world.
Manuscript standards, query letters, genre benchmarks, publishing paths, and downloadable templates.
Editing types, EFA rate benchmarks, editorial letter structure, and client onboarding.
Manuscript evaluation, offer-of-rep checklist, deal vocabulary, and submission strategy.
Picture-book dummy guide, portfolio strategy, contracts and licensing, and SCBWI resources.
Press models, distribution comparison, ARC strategy, P&L basics, and launch checklists.
Featured tools
Practical resources available to download now.
Manuscript Format Checklist
Submission formatting reference with all key industry conventions.
Query Letter Template
Annotated template covering all five query paragraphs.
Synopsis Template
One-page and full-synopsis structures with tone guidance.
Nonfiction Proposal Outline
Full proposal structure with section-by-section guidance.
Beta Reader Feedback Form
Structured questions covering pacing, character, and clarity.
How Studio helps
Understand the role, the process, and the expectations.
Use better steps, better handoffs, and fewer avoidable bottlenecks.
Learn what good looks like in files, feedback, submissions, revisions, and delivery.
Find practical software, templates, and systems that reduce friction.
See how writers, editors, agents, illustrators, and publishers actually work together.
Start here
If you're not sure where to begin, use one of these paths.
Provenance Studio is a working resource — written to be used, not browsed. Downloads for writers are live now. More trade-specific templates and guides are added as they are ready.
Enter the Studio
Choose the role that fits your work and start with the resources built for that lane.