Today, Veristage is announcing the official launch of Searchlight, an AI-powered tool that allows readers to chat directly with publishers’ content—and lets publishers create new revenue channels.
Rather than skimming chapters or even searching for keywords in digital content, readers can have natural conversations with books, journals, and articles. They can ask questions in their own language and get instant, contextual answers based on authoritative sources.
Imagine a culinary student in São Paulo asking a library of French-language cookbooks about a particular cooking technique and getting step-by-step instructions in Portuguese. Meanwhile, a medical researcher in Tokyo asks a question in Japanese to a collection of English-language medical journals and receives an instant, precise answer.
At its core, publishing is about connecting people with information. Now publishers can make those connections more immediate and more personal.
Revenue Opportunities for Publishers
Searchlight can be configured as free service or a revenue-generating product for publishers. Use your existing content and choose the business model that works best for you and your audience:
- Freemium: Users can ask a set number of free questions, then upgrade to paid access.
- Subscription: Set subscription tiers by number of questions or access to certain sets of content.
- Pay-per-access: Let users purchase a set number of questions without long-term commitments.
- Premium content tiers: Reserve your most authoritative and valuable content for paying customers.
- Buy-now links: Include links for users to purchase your books and content.
Truly Global Reach
Take full advantage of Searchlight’s multilingual capabilities and serve global audiences without traditional costs or market-specific adaptations.
A travel guide published in Greek becomes accessible to Spanish-speaking tourists, while an English-language business book can serve entrepreneurs across linguistic boundaries.
How Searchlight Works
- Choose the titles, articles, or collections you want to make available in Searchlight. This could be as granular as individual articles and books or as expansive as series, collections, or your entire backlist.
- Set user access controls. Decide how users access your portal and what e-commerce and purchase options you want to use.
- Apply your branding and style. Use Searchlight as the engine behind a branded experience with your own look and feel.
- Launch your new portal online, either as a standalone product or as a widget embedded in an existing website.
Proven Technical Foundation
Veristage’s established Insight AI platform handles the technical tasks of processing and optimizing your content for AI interaction within Searchlight, while maintaining enterprise-grade security standards including data encryption and ISO 27001 certification. And none of the data processed by Insight or Searchlight is used to train AI models.
Want to Know More?
Request a demo of Searchlight to see the tool in action and discuss how it can be configured to work with your content and your readers.