# Study from a free textbook with quizzes built from its pages > You pick a full textbook from a built-in catalog, and every answer links back to the page it came from. Add a free textbook straight into Gemini Notebook, then get a study guide and a quiz that cite the exact pages. Great for students, career changers or anyone learning a subject from scratch. - Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/study-a-free-textbook-in-gemini-notebook/ - Category: Learn anything faster - Made for: Everyone - Works in: Gemini Notebook - Time: About 10 minutes to set up a study kit - Effort: A few steps - Note: Textbook catalog comes from U.S. and India providers such as OpenStax and Open Textbook Library. - Published: 2026-11-02 ## Can I study a textbook with AI and get quizzed on it? Yes. Add a free textbook to Gemini Notebook from the Textbooks option under Add sources, as of October 2026, then ask for a study plan and a practice quiz. Answers stay grounded in that book with links back to the source. If your subject is in the catalog, this is the fastest route. If you own the book as a PDF instead, you can upload it as a regular source and use the same prompt. ## The prompt Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them. ```text I'm learning [YOUR SUBJECT, e.g. intro to psychology] from the textbook in this notebook. I have [STUDY TIME, e.g. 30 minutes a day] and my goal is [YOUR GOAL, e.g. pass a community college exam]. Using only this textbook, make me a study plan for [WHICH CHAPTERS, e.g. chapters 1 to 4]. For each chapter, give me the 5 ideas that matter most in plain words, one everyday example for each, and the page or section where I can read more. Then write 8 practice questions mixing short-answer, multi-select and fill-in-the-blank, and hold the answers until I've tried them. After I answer, tell me which ideas I'm shaky on and what to reread first. ``` ## Step by step 1. Open Gemini Notebook and create a new notebook 2. Click Add sources, then Textbooks, and pick a book on your subject 3. Paste the prompt below into the notebook chat 4. Ask for a quiz on the chapter you just read and check where to focus next ## What you'll get A chapter-by-chapter study plan with cited key ideas, a mixed practice quiz, and feedback on what to review next. ## Good to know **Can I study a textbook with AI and get quizzed on it?** Yes. Add a free textbook to Gemini Notebook from the Textbooks option under Add sources, as of October 2026, then ask for a study plan and a practice quiz. Answers stay grounded in that book with links back to the source. If your subject is in the catalog, this is the fastest route. If you own the book as a PDF instead, you can upload it as a regular source and use the same prompt. **Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in Gemini Notebook. On this page, one tap copies the prompt and opens the app, so you just paste. Textbook catalog comes from U.S. and India providers such as OpenStax and Open Textbook Library. **How long does it take?** About 10 minutes to set up a study kit. It's rated "A few steps". There are 4 steps, listed above. **What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 4 blanks: your subject, study time, your goal and which chapters. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them. **What will I get back?** A chapter-by-chapter study plan with cited key ideas, a mixed practice quiz, and feedback on what to review next. Idea spotted on the official docs, shared by Google (Priya Venkatraman): https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/new-access-textbooks/. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version. ## Go further Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: Watch It For Me (Drop any video link and get the step-by-step playbook, the full timestamped transcript, and the best quotes. Without watching it); TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable). From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.