01 · The question
Kate - I’ve heard you reference uploading books into your personal custom gbt chats or Claude projects - how do you do that if you don’t have a pdf of a book? (For example the book essentialism)?
Asked by WendyMay 12, 2026From the Telegram archive
02 · Kate's answer
Answered May 12, 2026
Kate's answer
03 · The short version
Kate's take, in a sentence or two
Kate explains this is an ethical gray area, and she only uploads books she's personally paid for, never for commercial use like reselling or building GPTs/Claude skills with someone else's IP. Since Kindle no longer allows downloading books, she uses a service called Kobo to download purchased books in the right file type, then uploads them to AI with training turned off, essentially using it like "chatting with the author" to ask specific questions (like referencing ADHD parenting advice for her own kid). She encourages people to Google the process themselves and to check the ethical AI use lesson in Back Office Bot Squad to make sure they're following legal guidelines.
04 · Transcript