Google recently introduced Expert Intelligence, a new AI-powered feature that lets users incorporate trusted sources and purchased ebooks directly into Google AI tools. Starting today, readers who have eligible books purchased through Google Play Books can add them into Gemini Notebook, enabling the AI to reference the exact text of those titles when generating responses and insights.
This integration is designed to give readers more precise, source-based results. Once a book is added to Gemini Notebook, users can query the book’s content, request summaries or chapter-by-chapter breakdowns, and generate structured outputs such as infographics, audio overviews, and quizzes that draw strictly from the source material. The feature also supports combining an author’s expertise with a user’s personal uploads, allowing the AI to mix book content with the user’s own files, images, or notes to create tailored recommendations.
For example, a manager reading Kim Scott’s Radical Candor could ask Gemini Notebook to brainstorm specific feedback techniques grounded in the book’s guidance. Similarly, someone following Michael Pollan’s Food Rules could upload a photo of their fridge and ask the AI to propose meal ideas that align with the book’s principles. These are practical use cases that show how Expert Intelligence connects trusted written guidance with personalized user context.
At launch, Google says Expert Intelligence supports over 100,000 titles from major publishers, including well-known trade and academic houses. In addition to broader publisher support, Google has collaborated with more than 15 bestselling authors to create curated Featured Notebooks. These Featured Notebooks provide supplementary materials, curated insights, and guided explorations that help readers dive deeper into the authors’ work.
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To protect publisher rights and respect copyright, Google enforces strict access controls within Expert Intelligence. A user must verify ownership of a book through their Google Play Books account before the AI can analyze or extract content from it. If a user shares a Notebook that contains a protected book, other collaborators will not have access to the book’s text unless they own their own copy. These measures are intended to balance the functionality of AI-based reading tools with fair use and publisher safeguards.
Users can identify eligible titles on the Google Play Books store by looking for a Gemini Notebook listing under the “Tools” badge on a book’s product page. To encourage adoption, Google is offering a promotion in which U.S. users can receive one eligible book for free as part of the feature’s rollout.
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Google has indicated that Expert Intelligence will expand beyond Gemini Notebook. Planned future integrations include bringing this capability into the main Gemini app and into AI Mode in Search. The company also intends to broaden the types of supported materials over time, potentially including third-party subscription content, business research reports, and educational textbooks, which would extend the feature’s usefulness for professional and academic users.
Overall, Expert Intelligence aims to provide readers with a more reliable and source-aware way to use AI, combining the depth of published works with the convenience of personalized AI assistance. By requiring verified ownership and limiting content sharing based on purchases, Google is seeking to offer powerful AI-driven features while maintaining copyright protections and publisher relationships. As the feature rolls out and expands into additional Google products, readers and researchers should find new, practical ways to use their purchased books alongside their personal data and projects.