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Bookwith

Bookwith is a web-based ebook reader that lets readers discuss book content with AI, annotate passages, search across books and generate conversational audio summaries.

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Bookwith — OpenViST project profile in RAG & Knowledge Systems.
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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Bookwith while reading EPUB material when you want to clarify passages, test your understanding, connect ideas to earlier reading or review book content in audio form.

Who it is for

  • Students seeking explanations of textbook or reference passages.
  • Researchers and graduate students reading papers or complex theories.
  • Readers who want to discuss themes, characters or context in books.
  • Business and technical readers exploring how ideas might apply in practice.

Documented uses

  • Ask questions about a book or the page currently being read.
  • Request explanations of terms or summaries of an author's argument.
  • Highlight passages, attach Markdown notes and discuss selected text with AI.
  • Find related ideas across books, past conversations and annotations.
  • Create conversational audio versions of key book content.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project describes a web application and links to a local setup guide. Its repository is public and licensed under AGPL-3.0.

  • The documented upload flow uses EPUB files.
  • The AI assistant is described as using the current page or book context.
  • The README describes English and Japanese podcast audio support and highlights multilingual interaction.
  • The repository identifies TypeScript as its primary language and lists React, FastAPI, LangChain, OpenAI, Python and Supabase among its topics.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Read an EPUB and ask the AI about its content

Add an EPUB to BookWith, read it, and ask the AI about selected passages.

Before you start

  • An EPUB file.
  • Access to BookWith.

Steps

  1. Drag and drop an EPUB file into BookWith, or select the file.

  2. Open the book from your library and read it.

  3. Select important text and, optionally, choose a highlight color and add a note.

  4. Ask the AI about the highlighted content.

Expected outcome

The EPUB is added to the library, and you can discuss highlighted content with the AI.

Guide limitations

  • The documented workflow covers EPUB files.
  • The source does not specify account requirements or supported file-size limits.
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12 October 2026
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shutootaki/bookwith · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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