Just to see how it would go, we tested YouBooks on a difficult topic, giving it very little guidance, except allowing it to use internet sources.

The resulting draft -- a 100 page book -- was surprisingly good as a draft.
It used 117,000 credits of our monthly 700,000 credits.
That's excellent value.

We'll now proceed with giving it another go, using the full range of available tools -- content sources, setting the tone, and providing a more carefully designed prompt and instructions.

Neither the platform nor its founder over-promise. It's clear that both the human user and the AI system have to put in the work -- each doing their bit. That's true of all tools, isn't it? AI is not, and never will be, a substitute for human thinking.

There were a couple of points of confusion with the interface, but these are (in our view) more than offset by the thorough & transparent reporting that's provided. And some of the confusion was most likely due to our unfamiliarity with the process. No big deal.

Very impressed.

An excellent platform that, given the founders energy and dedication, will continue to improve.

Without hesitation: 5 tacos!