Summarize a long PDF into key points.
Book Summarizer uploads your PDF, extracts its text, and sends it to a third-party AI provider, which writes a condensed summary of the key points. It works on PDFs with selectable text; scanned pages need OCR first. The summary displays on the page and can be downloaded.
Drop your PDF into the box above. The file uploads and its text is extracted.
Click Summarize book. The extracted text is sent to a third-party AI provider, which condenses it into a summary of the key points.
Read the summary directly on the page, or download it.
Yes. A Pro subscription is required to summarize a book, because the tool uploads your file and calls a third-party AI provider, both of which cost us money per use.
Not directly. This tool reads PDF files only. Convert an EPUB or MOBI ebook to PDF first (see Epub to PDF or Mobi to PDF), then run the result through Book Summarizer.
No. The tool needs selectable text to extract, so a scanned or photographed PDF returns no summary. Run it through the OCR PDF tool first to recognize the text, then summarize the result.
A third-party AI provider reads the extracted text and writes a new, condensed summary of the key points, generating fresh wording rather than copying sentences from the original.
Last updated: July 8, 2026