Step-by-step guide
How Libraire
turns books into briefs
Smart AI processing designed for accuracy, clarity, and speed — so you get genuinely useful summaries.
Input
Give Libraire your book
Three flexible input modes, whatever your workflow:
Paste text
Highlight a chapter or section and paste it directly into the editor.
Upload PDF
Smart page-chunking handles long PDFs — even entire books.
Title + Author
AI-assisted fetch draws from its training knowledge for well-known titles.
Style
Choose your summary style
Five distinct output modes — pick the one that fits your goal:
Ultra-short
5 crisp bullet points. Decide in 30 seconds if this book is for you.
Standard prose
A flowing narrative summary — perfect for sharing or book reports.
Detailed chapters
Chapter-by-chapter breakdown with key ideas per section.
Takeaways + action items
Key insights distilled into things you can actually do next week.
Custom goal
Define your own reading goal — "what does this say about leadership?" — and the AI shapes the summary around it.
Processing
The AI engine runs
Smart refinement steps work together for accurate, polished summaries:
Extract
Parse & chunk content
Summarize
LLM generates draft
Refine
Quality pass & polish
Deliver
Ready to read & export
A live progress tracker shows which stage your summary is in — no guessing.
Library
Save, export, revisit
Your summary lands in your private library — searchable, exportable, and permanently yours.
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