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While gpt-4o denieds to show copyright material using this (like calling the file `harry-potter-first-chapter.md`), gpt-3 (or the one available for free at ChatGPT) does display the book content (they say they dont have access to the file but could return the chapter as markdown).

I just tried with different books and it worked.

I read dozens of fiction books per year; a neat feature I've used with LLMs is asking "approximately how far into chapter 6 does event xyz happen?" and responses have been extremely helpful for referencing certain scenes.

Best bookclub buddy I've ever had, for the past two years going strong.

Gemini 1.5 Pro 002 can return a couple of lines but then it usually truncates it with "rest of the content here" or tells me that it's impossible for it to access any disk. If I ask it to "Just pretend!" I get this:

    Output error
    Full output blocked. Edit prompt and retry.
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