Show HN: AI to write nonfiction books tailored for you
tailoredread.com
As an avid reader, I read many nonfiction books every year. While enjoyable, I find that nonfiction books usually contain a lot of information that is not relevant or helpful for me.
That's why I decided to build TailoredRead (https://tailoredread.com/). It’s a tool that uses AI to write full-length books that are tailored specifically to the reader.
Here’s how it works:
1. You answer a few questions: book subject, key topics, your background, your goals
2. The AI generates the book outline - title, description, chapters and subchapters, key insights, etc. I found that Claude 3.5 Sonnet produces great results here, but I want to give GPT o1 a try as well.
3. Our backend starts a worker that orchestrates the creation of the book. This typically takes 5-10 minutes, and you can start reading the book as it’s being written. Here I found that Claude 3.5 Sonnet produces significantly better output than GPT 4o and other models, but it still requires a lot of prompting and breaking down the book into smaller chunks.
4. We run a dedicated worker to create the book branding and cover with Claude, DALL-E, and some CSS.
5. The book is created and formatted in a semantic HTML format, which is then displayed in a book-alike paginated interface, similar to Kindle (React/Next). You can also download the book as a PDF or send it to your Kindle device.
So far, I've seen early users create fascinating books about a diverse set of subjects, e.g. programming, business, science, history, travel, hobbies, etc. There are 100+ free book samples from our early users here: https://tailoredread.com/books
I'd love to hear your feedback about TailoredRead and answer any questions you may have!