Frequently Asked Questions

Simply upload your PDF book to BookChat, and our AI will analyze the content. You can then ask questions about characters, plot, themes, or any aspect of the book. The AI provides contextual answers based on the book's content.

BookChat primarily supports PDF documents, including novels, academic papers, textbooks, and research documents. We're working on expanding to other formats like EPUB and plain text files.

Yes! BookChat offers a free plan that lets you analyze up to 3 books per month with basic AI chat features. Premium plans are available for unlimited books and advanced features.

Most books are processed and ready for chatting within 2-5 minutes, depending on the book's length and complexity. You'll receive a notification when your book is ready.

You can ask about anything: character motivations, plot analysis, themes, symbols, historical context, author's style, chapter summaries, or specific quotes. The AI understands literary concepts and provides detailed, contextual responses.

BookChat uses advanced AI models trained on literature and academic texts. While highly accurate for most content, we recommend using it as a study aid alongside your own critical thinking, especially for academic work.

Absolutely! BookChat is perfect for students. It can help you understand complex themes, analyze character development, find relevant quotes, and explore different interpretations of literary works.

Yes, BookChat maintains conversation history for each book, so you can build on previous discussions and ask follow-up questions that reference earlier topics.

BookChat excels at helping researchers quickly extract key information, identify themes across documents, find relevant quotes with citations, and explore connections between different texts.

Yes! BookChat is perfect for book clubs. It can generate discussion questions, explore different interpretations, and help members prepare for meetings with deeper insights.

Definitely! BookChat works excellently with non-fiction, including business books, biographies, academic papers, and research documents. It can summarize concepts, extract key insights, and answer specific questions.

Yes, that's one of BookChat's strengths! It can break down complex concepts, explain difficult passages, provide context for historical references, and help you navigate challenging academic or literary texts.

Yes, your books and conversations are completely private. We use enterprise-grade encryption, don't share your content with third parties, and are GDPR compliant. You can delete your data anytime.

No, we don't use your uploaded content to train our AI models. Your books are processed solely to provide you with chat functionality and are stored securely in your private account.

Premium users can export their chat histories, notes, and insights in multiple formats including PDF, text, and markdown for use in their own research and writing.

BookChat works on all modern web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) on desktop and mobile devices. No downloads or installations required - it's completely web-based.