Editorial policy

These are the standards each series must meet before release. No series has been released yet, so no specialist review has been completed or is claimed.

Fictional councils

• All council members are original fictional characters — not real people, and not thinly disguised living celebrities.
• No living real-world expert is depicted as involved, consulted, aware of, endorsing, advising or affiliated with Vellumwise or its books. Promotional artwork avoids names and likenesses that would imply affiliation.
• Historical figures, if ever dramatised, receive editorial and legal review and a clear disclaimer; invented words are never presented as factual quotations.

Real ideas and sources

• We never fabricate quotations, words or positions of real people.
• Real publications and research are cited accurately and in context, separate from fictional dialogue. Rights to direct quotations are checked.
• Councils may disagree. We distinguish credible consensus, contested positions, known limits and outdated views.

High-stakes subjects

Health, law, money and psychology are fact-checked and given context. We publish no unverified treatment protocols, individualised claims, guaranteed academic results or promises of legal outcomes. Where relevant, books state the jurisdiction and the date the content was reviewed, and carry an educational-not-professional-advice notice.

Release gates

A series goes on sale only when every book is complete and has passed checks for plot continuity, character consistency, technical and numerical accuracy, sources, reader comprehension and narrative quality.

Corrections

If you find a factual error, email hello@vellumwise.com with the series, book and passage. Corrections are made to the master manuscript and released as a new version of the download.