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BookWatch

Animated book summaries for visual learners

Education
Artificial Intelligence
Books

We use AI to create animated book summary videos for visual learners. If you don't like reading but want to learn from the best non-fiction books, this is the app for you.

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Hey Product Hunters! 👋

I'm Miran Antamian, founder and CEO of BookWatch, and I'm thrilled to introduce BookWatch.com. The first AI-powered Visual Library for learners who hate reading but love growing. 📚✨

After 1.5 years of building, 65,000+ mobile app users, and countless animated summaries, we're launching our New Web App to make learning even more effortless.

🧠 The Problem: Visual Learners Can't Learn from Books in Text or Audio Formats

Did you know that 65% of people identify as visual learners? Yet most book knowledge remains trapped in text format. Many of us want the wisdom of great books but struggle with:

  • Finding time to read entire books

  • Maintaining focus through hundreds of pages

  • Remembering key concepts without visual reinforcement

  • Traditional reading is slow, boring, and leaves millions of learners behind.

    🎬 Our Solution: Learn by Watching, Not Reading

    BookWatch uses proprietary AI technology to transform non-fiction bestsellers into animated video summaries that capture the core ideas in a visually engaging format.

    ✨ What Makes BookWatch Special?

    1️⃣ AI-Powered Personal Book Expert
    Every video comes with an AI expert that knows everything about that specific book. Ask how to apply concepts to your unique situation: "How can I use these ideas to improve my startup?" or "How would this apply to my leadership role?". Our AI expert will give you specific advice based on the book on how to apply it in your life or business situation.

    2️⃣ Smart Note-Taking System
    Our one-click note system captures what's being said at that exact moment in the video. No need to pause or get distracted - just click and continue watching! Review and organize your notes later.

    3️⃣ AI Book Recommendation Engine
    Don't know where to start? Tell our AI what you want to learn ("I want to be a better public speaker" or "I want to be more productive" or "I want to learn b2b sales"), and it'll recommend the perfect books from our library.

    4️⃣ Progress Tracking & Gamification
    Stay motivated with achievement badges, learning streaks, and a visual representation of your growing knowledge base. See how many days have you been learning and which books helped you more.

    Business Model
    We've adopted a freemium approach:

  • Free tier: 60 minutes of learning per day

  • Premium: $89/year or $13/month for unlimited access


    🚀 Where to Find Us

  • Web app: BookWatch.com

  • iOS & Android apps: Search "BookWatch" in app stores

  • Check out our growing YouTube community

    🔥Over 65,000 users have learned with BookWatch and we have grown on youtube organically to 100,000+ subscribers and 4.5M views!

    I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback! What books would you like to see in visual format first? What features would make this even more valuable for your learning journey?

    Product Hunt Offer: Use code "PH" to get a free month of BookWatch Premium! Select the monthly tier and then on stripe checkout put this coupon code. This works only on the web app.
    Thank you Product Hunt community! 📚✨

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LOVE IT, this is one of the most awesome product I have seen. I was literally discussing this 2 hours ago of a way to summarize book and my answer was that it doesn't work, you can summarize books and have the same impact. While I still stand by my statement, I would say this is an amazing tool to increase your clarity and revise books or maybe even take a call on new book if you want to read. Must have for book lovers!

@miranantamian How can I redeem the 1 month free? It just copy the "PH", but there is nowhere in the sign in process to redeem it. 🤔

The debut of BookWatch demonstrates a strategic innovation in educational content delivery. Your utilization of AI technology to transform written content into visual formats indicates strong market understanding.

The debut of BookWatch demonstrates a strategic innovation in educational content delivery. Your utilization of AI technology to transform written content into visual formats indicates strong market understanding.

The debut of BookWatch demonstrates a strategic innovation in educational content delivery. Your utilization of AI technology to transform written content into visual formats indicates strong market understanding.

Do you have any gamification features or reward systems integrated to incentivize users to complete entire book summaries rather than partial viewings?

Congratulations on launching BookWatch! It effectively addresses the challenge many face in engaging with non-fiction literature.what specific criteria does your AI use to select key concepts from books, and how do you ensure the summaries maintain the original context and depth?

Have you implemented any features that allow users to create bookmarks or clips of specific animated segments for later review or sharing with others?

This is what Ai should be used for, glad to see barriers are being broken to those who are more of a visual learner!


The idea in it core is truly amazing , Can't wait to test it out myself :)

As a visual learner I've been waiting for something like this, gonna try it out!

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You can make it more better guys, if you want my ideas, connect me on [email protected]

Congrats on the launch!! Love using the app to stay engaged while reading. Can't wait to use the web app.

Fan-freaking-tastic! Fantastic looking product and reasonable cost for premium upgrade! Looking forward to trying it out!


When I see products like this, the first thing I check is the subscription price. Often SaaS startups will just price at like $10 to $20 a month for some niche product that may or may not be good, hasn't had a product update on their website or social media since their launch several months prior. To me, this is where product launches fall flat.


But an annual subscription of $60 is something I can easily take the plunge, accept the risk, and, if it doesn't work for me, just walk away. Thank you for considering this price point!


P.S.

Android rules and Apple drools! Please make an Android app lol