VIP Milestone 20: Build Your Author Catalogue and Publishing Operating System

July 29, 2026 Gary Whittaker

Self-Publishing Path · Milestone 20 · Build — VIP

Author Catalogue and Publishing Operating System

Turn the completed path into reusable catalogue governance, maintenance, reader-support and next-publication controls.

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Governance 1

Assign catalogue authority

Catalogue owner and final publishing authorityEdition, metadata, rights and reader-support ownersEscalation and specialist-review routes

Governance 2

Build the catalogue authority register

Publication	Role	Active editions	Authority records	Reader path	Health state

Governance 3

Set edition-maintenance rules

Listing, price, link and availability checksRights, permissions and identifier review triggersCorrection, revision, new-edition and retirement thresholdsArchive and recovery requirements

Governance 4

Govern reader support and continuity

Support ownership and response boundariesErrata, update and reader-notification processCompanion-resource continuity and failure route

Governance 5

Build next-project intake

Acceptable sources of next-publication ideasMinimum evidence before entering Milestone 1Capacity, rights and known CAD-resource gateProceed, validate, defer or reject authority

Governance 6

Run portfolio review

Chosen review cadence and triggersPublication health and reader evidence reviewedActual CAD costs and resource commitmentsCatalogue gaps, overlap and protected strengths

Governance 7

Control change and retirement

Required change-request evidenceAffected readers, editions, identifiers and destinationsRollback, withdrawal and archive planPost-change verification requirement

Governance 8

Authorize the publishing operating baseline

Operating-system ID/dateApproved catalogue structure and next reviewOpen conditionsStatus

The operating system sustains responsible publishing. It does not require endless production or expansion.

Bounded AI audits

Catalogue-authority auditEdition-health auditNext-project evidence auditMaintenance and change-control audit

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