The catalog was the wrong idea
By Eugenio Giordano ยท
Most book apps start with a library. Thousands of titles, already summarized, ready to play. It looks like abundance until you search for the book you actually meant to read.
Then you get the empty state. Not in our collection. Try one of these instead.
That is not a miss on the margin. That is the product. A catalog is a bet that your taste will fit their inventory. Fine if you want the usual suspects. Useless the moment your list is yours.
Your stack is not their shelf
The unread pile on the nightstand is not a bestseller list. It is work books, a novel someone handed you, the title you keep meaning to start. A catalog cannot see that pile. An on-demand summary can.
Summaia does not keep a library. You pick any book. We generate an AI audio summary in minutes, at the length you want, in 40+ languages. No waiting for someone to add it. No substitute recommendation.
The time was already there
You can listen while the water boils, on the train, on a treadmill that was going to happen anyway. The point is not to hustle harder. The point is that the time was already in the day.
If the book you want is the one that is not in anyone's catalog, that is the whole idea.