Everyone finds the problems. We fix them.
Checkers hand you four hundred errors. Reflow fixes what a machine can fix, drafts what it can't, and puts a human - you - in charge of every word before it ships.
The check is free, findings and all. From $19 a title after that, priced by image count.
Every finding as a sentence you can act on, never a bare rule code. The knowledge that something is broken is never paywalled.
We fix the mechanical faults automatically and draft alt text for every image. You approve, edit, or overrule each one - about 15 minutes for a 96-image book.
A fixed EPUB that passes EPUBCheck, a report that shows the working, and the ONIX metadata your channels actually read.
Checkers, remediation services, and Reflow - honestly compared.
Both alternatives are legitimate. A free checker is enough if you have an EPUB developer in-house; an agency is right when a book needs full redesign. The gap we fill is everything between.
| Free checkersAce, EPUBCheck | Remediation servicesagencies, per-title quotes | Reflow | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get back | A list of errors. The fixing is your job. | A fixed file, eventually. The working is theirs, not yours. | A fixed file, the same day - with every change logged and every description approved by you. |
| Alt text | Counts the missing ones. Writes none. | Written by staff you never meet, in their house voice. | Drafted for every image; you approve, edit, or overrule each one. Your corrections teach your house style. |
| Time per book | Days of skilled EPUB work, if you have the skills in-house. | 2-6 weeks turnaround is typical. | Minutes of processing + about 15 minutes of your review for a 96-image book. |
| Cost per book | Free - plus the salary of whoever fixes 400 findings by hand. | Commonly $200-$1,000+ per title, quoted case by case. | $19-$96 for most trade titles, priced by image count, shown before you pay. Findings always free. |
| Who certifies | You, unaided. | Often unclear - ask before you sign. | You - explicitly. We prepare and document; named human approvals, machine actions separated, ruleset versioned. |
| When it says no | Never - it reports everything, fixable or not, at the same volume. | Rarely - a hard book is a bigger invoice. | "Can’t be fixed in this file" is a first-class verdict - fixed-layout spreads get an honest redesign recommendation, not a charge. |
Agency figures are typical published ranges, not quotes. And if your book is fixed-layout, an agency redesign genuinely is the better path - our report says so instead of taking the money.
The AI writes drafts. It never publishes. Nothing reaches a reader that a named human did not approve, and Reflow never asserts conformance on anything unreviewed - your publisher stays the certifier.
Drafts the auto-checker can't verify arrive flagged, with the reason in plain words. Your corrections teach your house style, so title two is faster than title one.