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.
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
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! 📚✨
This looks really interesting! People who struggle with reading a lot of books will love it. It’s going to make the world a smarter place! Huge congratulations on your launch! 🎉
Congrats, this is a really creative product that combines AI, reading, and video, and it's so interesting that there are free usage credits and coupon codes!
I once stopped reading a book about marketing because the reading process was too boring and I can't remember the key points. Book summary videos may make the learning and reading process more interesting and easier. Like it! Good luck to your launch!
I love the AI-powered personal book expert feature, being able to ask specific questions related to my business or self-improvement is huge! Amzing Launch ('-')
BookWatch is a game-changer for visual learners, turning non-fiction bestsellers into engaging animated video summaries. It features an AI-powered book expert for personalized advice, a smart note-taking system for seamless learning, and an AI recommendation engine to tailor book suggestions to your goals. The platform's gamified progress tracking keeps you motivated with badges and learning streaks. Highly recommended for anyone looking to learn efficiently and enjoyably!
Everyone says, read more books. But let’s be real… Who is actually sitting down and reading books these days? Audiobooks? Yeah, sure until you wake up two hours later, with no idea what chapter you’re on.
But THIS. You just modernized books in a way that actually makes sense. This is a gem, my friend. Well done!
Every other day someone pitches me the idea that they would rather watch a book instead now that AI can do it. I always tell them there's an app for that - BookWatch!
Congrats on the launch of BookWatch! Turning books into animated summaries is a brilliant idea for visual learners. The AI expert and smart note-taking features are awesome!
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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! 📚✨
@miranantamian I really want to thank you for this wonderful product! Is it possible to upload a PDF and access it visually?
@dineshan_sithamparanathan Not yet because creating this kind of videos takes time! But will try to do in the future!
@john_tans Thank you!
@miranantamian Love this concept! Excited to try this out!
@divyansh_tiwari7 Thanks Divyansh! Looking forward to your feedback!
@divyansh_tiwari7 You can use the coupon to try the premium for a month by the way!
This looks really interesting! People who struggle with reading a lot of books will love it. It’s going to make the world a smarter place! Huge congratulations on your launch! 🎉
@kay_arkain Yes that's my hope!
@kay_arkain Thanks so much!
Congrats, this is a really creative product that combines AI, reading, and video, and it's so interesting that there are free usage credits and coupon codes!
@nzm155 Thanks so much! I hope you'll like it!
I once stopped reading a book about marketing because the reading process was too boring and I can't remember the key points. Book summary videos may make the learning and reading process more interesting and easier. Like it! Good luck to your launch!
@feliciana_liu Exactly! That's why I built it!
@feliciana_liu Thanks so much!
Success.ai
I love the AI-powered personal book expert feature, being able to ask specific questions related to my business or self-improvement is huge! Amzing Launch ('-')
@hamza_afzal_butt Thanks so much! I'm happy you liked that feature, it's my favorite!
Product Hunt
I love the idea of translating writing across mediums.
That said, the drawings/images feel a little clipart-y and less memorable than human-made illustrations. But I realize it's early!
@rrhoover Yes we are currently improving that too! The newest videos have better drawings!
BookWatch is a game-changer for visual learners, turning non-fiction bestsellers into engaging animated video summaries. It features an AI-powered book expert for personalized advice, a smart note-taking system for seamless learning, and an AI recommendation engine to tailor book suggestions to your goals. The platform's gamified progress tracking keeps you motivated with badges and learning streaks. Highly recommended for anyone looking to learn efficiently and enjoyably!
Glad you liked it Francisco! Thank you!
Malloc VPN: Privacy & Security
Congrats for the launch!! Fantastic app!
@mariankh Thank you Maria!
@mariankh Really appreciate it!
BookWatch is an amazing application that I highly recommend!
@diamantopoulos_leonidas Thanks Leonida!
@diamantopoulos_leonidas Appreciate it!
Everyone says, read more books. But let’s be real… Who is actually sitting down and reading books these days? Audiobooks? Yeah, sure until you wake up two hours later, with no idea what chapter you’re on.
But THIS. You just modernized books in a way that actually makes sense. This is a gem, my friend. Well done!
@antouan_t Thanks Antoni!
Very good application to develop your knowledge and very easy to use the application
@george_vrekas Thanks George!
With this app, when someone asks, ‘Have you read this book?’ you can actually say YES by tomorrow.
Do yourself a favor stop watching YouTube, quit pretending podcasts count as reading, and download this app instead. Your brain will thank you.
@anti_10 Thanks Anti!
@anti_10 You know how to promote for sure :)
@joshclawson Thanks Josh!
@joshclawson Really appreciate it!
Govar – English speaking app
Good luck with the launch!
What are your next plans?
@dzianis_yatsenka Thanks so much! We will launch more books in the next month because our users ask for more!
Flex-Worthy Templates
Visual learners would love to use this
@shushantlakhyani I hope so!
Katalist AI Storytelling Studio
Every other day someone pitches me the idea that they would rather watch a book instead now that AI can do it. I always tell them there's an app for that - BookWatch!
@andrazz Haha that's amazing! Thanks Andraz!
I SWEAR I ASKED MYSELF WHY IS THERE NO YOUTUBE CHANNEL DOING THIS!!! I am a visual learner and this is just GOLLD!!!
@ecomforger Haha thank you!!! Let me know if you have any feedback after some use!
Good luck on your launch Miran!
Thanks Aibek!
Congrats on the launch of BookWatch! Turning books into animated summaries is a brilliant idea for visual learners. The AI expert and smart note-taking features are awesome!
@mikita_aliaksandrovich Glad you liked it!