I have used BookAbout.io AI and explored it. In fact, it helped me find the book “Rise of the Machines: Human Authors in a Digital World” by Kristen Lamb.
Having done that myself, let’s do it together now. Let’s put BookAbout.io AI to the test, review it, look at its pros and cons, and help you decide whether it’s worth going for.
What Is BookAbout.io AI?
The name of the platform explains it all. It is simply an AI tool that helps you find books about any topic. BookAbout AI is an AI reading assistant created to help you find the books you want to read. It revolutionized the way we search for books.
You might ask, “How did BookAbout AI change the way we search for books?”
How do we search for books traditionally? We open Google, type some words in the search text field, click search, and then do a quick survey of the top-ranking pages to find which one is the best, and sometimes we’ll never find that “best” result.
Now, with BookAbout AI’s help, you can search for books faster and more efficiently. You’re only a click away from the books you are looking for.
In BookAbout AI, you only type the topic of the books you are looking for in a text field, and the tool will provide you with many books to choose from. It searches through its database containing over 500,000 books.
What’s more, using AI to search is more efficient because everyone knows that AI is undoubtedly unbiased. That makes it different from bloggers who may write about books that are not even good and call them “best books on [topic].” AI doesn’t do that. It just considers your input and acts as you ask.
Who is the owner of BookAbout AI? There isn’t enough information on the tool’s About page on who created the platform or who owns it. But the About page contains a link to Christopher Mrani’s X account, meaning he’s either the owner or the developer of the site.
How BookAbout.io AI Works
Let’s look at how it works.
Step 1: I open the website and enter “content writing” to search for books on content writing and click the search icon.
Step 2: The AI is now searching its database for the perfect books about content writing.
Step 3: After it’s done searching, it opens this results page.
Step 4: I go through the books and pick one, read its summary, and purchase the book on Amazon. That’s how BookAbout AI works.
BookAbout.io AI Features
Here are the features of the AI platform.
1. Text Field
This is the first thing you’ll meet. The tool has a simple text field that allows you to tell it what the books you are looking for are “about.” The words above the text field read, “Be As Specific As You Like,” asking the reader to input their topic of interest.
What will you see after typing your topic?
2. The Results Page
Once you type your topic in the text field, you’ll be taken to the results page containing a number of books. Each book section has these features:
- Book Cover: This helps you have a look at the book’s cover.
- Book Title: You’ll see the title of the book.
- A Brief Book Summary or Description: Here, you’ll read some information about the book and what it contains.
- Author Name: This displays the name of the author.
- Find Similar Books Button: This button helps you find books that are similar to the book it’s under.
- Buy at Amazon? Link: If the book is the one you’re looking for, you can click this link to buy the book on Amazon.
BookAbout.io AI Pros and Cons
Pros
Here are some of the strengths or benefits of the tool.
1. Speed
The website is speedy, making your book search seamless.
2. Ease of Use
The website is easy to use. Its navigations and sections are self-explanatory. You don’t have to be a tech guru to use it. You just open the website and start searching. What’s even more interesting? You don’t have to sign up to start using it.
3. Free Usage
The platform is 100% free. It doesn’t ask you to pay anything to get started. Wondering how the platform makes money? Move on to the next item.
4. No Ads
You might say, “But this doesn’t explain how the platform makes money.” Yeah, it doesn’t. The platform doesn’t display ads on the site, making the user experience better. They make money from the Amazon affiliate program: When you purchase a book with the site’s Buy at Amazon link, they earn a commission.
5. Accuracy
The site does what it claims to do. It helps you find books about any topic. The books it shows on the results page are usually relevant to the topic you provided.
Cons
We all know that any tool has some downsides. BookAbout AI has its downsides too. Let’s look at them.
1. Book Cover Icon Not Working
On the results page, the book cover icon isn’t working. It doesn’t allow you to see the cover of the book.
2. Short Book Summaries
The book summaries on the results page are short, meaning they might not thoroughly explain what the book is about.
3. Basic UI
The site’s user interface is basic. Its design and features are not professional.
4. Irrelevant Results
The site gives the best it can, of course. However, when you enter a topic that is too specific, the results might be irrelevant.
For example, the input is “How content writers will avoid being replaced by ChatGPT.” Let’s look at the results.
Completely irrelevant results, right?
Comparison With Other Similar Sites
There are three major AI sites for finding books:
- BookAbout AI
- NextThreeBooks
- Readow
Let’s see how BookAbout AI compares to the other two.
Ease of Use
BookAbout AI wins this. It is the easiest to use.
Diversity
BookAbout AI wins this too. It offers a diverse book search experience as it allows you to search for books related to any topic.
Ratings From Review Sites
BookAbout AI Rating: 5/5
NextThreeBooks Rating: 4.0/5
Readow Rating: 4.0/5
BookAbout AI wins again!
Personal Take
So what is my personal opinion on using BookAbout AI? I will say it’s the best AI-powered search engine I’ve ever come across. Despite being simple and having a basic interface, I believe it can help me find the right books I’m looking for. Not only that, it can also help me find books that are related to the ones I love reading.
Wrapping up
We are done with the experiment. How was it? After putting BookAbout AI to the test, here are the major takeaways:
- BookAbout AI helps you find books on any topic through the power of artificial intelligence.
- It has a text field for inputting your topic of interest, a results page that displays the books that match your topic, and features that help you understand what the book is about and who wrote it.
- Its pros include speed, ease of use, free usage, lack of disturbing ads, and accuracy.
- What of its downsides? Its book cover icon isn’t working, the summaries are short, the UI is basic, and it sometimes shows irrelevant results when you’re too specific.
- Upon comparison with NextThreeBooks and Readow, it won under all the three conditions.
That’s it.
What’s your personal take on BookAbout AI?
Do you have other AI tools that you use for book searches?
Let’s keep the conversation going in the comment section.
Aliyu from RFC
