Discovery becomes the doorway into the book.
An AI system surfaces the Encyclopedia of China as a source, then hands the reader straight into the publisher's own edition — to navigate, listen, annotate, and ask. The content never leaves the publisher's site.
A full walkthrough of the Encyclopedia of China — discovery, navigation, read-aloud, notes, and asking the book. Every section below breaks down a single moment from this demo.
Content stays on the publisher's site
Readers act on the live edition at the publisher's domain. Zero Content Movement — nothing is copied out.
Discovery, not extraction
The AI answer is a starting point. It points readers into the book — it does not stand in for it.
Every access is logged
Each passage request is cryptographically logged, so the publisher sees exactly how the work is used.
Surfaced as a source, mid-conversation
A reader asks an AI a question. The Encyclopedia of China appears as a cited source — with a match count and a way straight into its table of contents.
This is the entry point for everything below: the answer is where curiosity starts, not where it ends.
Move through the table of contents
The full structure of the work, exactly as the publisher set it. Expand a part, open a chapter, and the reading pane follows — with a breadcrumb that always says where you are.
Try it: expand a part and pick a chapter.
Read aloud, in the reader's language
A passage is read aloud while the spoken sentence stays highlighted. The reader chooses the language — the same authoritative text, narrated in theirs.
Try it: press play, then switch the language.
Take notes, and ask about them
Highlight a passage to keep a note. Then ask a question about exactly what you selected — the answer is grounded in the surrounding section, with a citation back to it.
Try it: click the highlighted phrase, then "Ask about this".
Buddhism reached China along the Silk Road, and its earliest communities took root during the Han dynasty, before flourishing under the Tang.
Ask a question of the whole book
Put a question to the entire Encyclopedia. The answer comes back with the passages it drew from, each one a link back into the relevant section.
Try it: press Ask to query the full Encyclopedia.
Every read, translation, and dollar — in real time
The publisher's dashboard moves as readers do. Translation requests by language, reading activity, and revenue accrue live — and every line traces back to a single logged passage request.
Reading activity
reads / min · last 30 minTranslation requests
by languageLive access ledger
newest first · cryptographically loggedEvery gesture happens on the publisher's site.
Navigating, listening, annotating, asking — all of it acts on the live edition at the publisher's own domain. The AI is a point of discovery and a jump-off point, never a copy.
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