{"product_id":"perplexity-ai-ken-tannenbaum-9798254944782","title":"Perplexity AI: The Research Playbook: Master AI-Powered Research - From Pro Search to Deep Research, Spaces, and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStop searching. Start researching.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoogle gives you ten blue links. ChatGPT gives you an answer with no sources. Perplexity gives you a clear, written answer with citations on every claim, drawn from the live web - and a multi-step research mode that can produce a 30-page cited report from a single question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is why millions of researchers, students, journalists, and analysts have quietly replaced their default search engine with Perplexity. And that is why this book exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerplexity: The Research Playbook\u003c\/b\u003e is the comprehensive, plain-English guide to Perplexity AI in 2026 - every plan, every Focus mode, every model, every feature. Written for real people who need to find and synthesize information for school, work, or curiosity, it covers what Perplexity does, when to use which mode, and how to get cited answers you can trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's inside: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet oriented and set up.\u003c\/b\u003e What Perplexity is (and how it differs from Google, ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini), how to choose between Free, Pro ($20\/mo), Max ($200\/mo), and the Enterprise tiers, and how to set up the web app, mobile apps, desktop apps, the Comet Browser, and the Chrome extension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaster the multi-model engine.\u003c\/b\u003e Sonar (Perplexity's in-house model), GPT-5\/5.2, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Grok 4, and the reasoning models including o3 and Claude Sonnet 4.0 Thinking - plus when to choose which.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRun real research workflows.\u003c\/b\u003e Quick Search vs. Pro Search, multi-step reasoning with clarifying questions, evaluating and verifying sources, building research from simple to complex, and saving and organizing threads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUse the right Focus mode for the job.\u003c\/b\u003e Web, Academic, Writing, Video, Social, Finance, and Labs - each with practical use cases and walkthroughs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnlock the platform.\u003c\/b\u003e Spaces for collaborative research with custom instructions and enterprise file sync (Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox). Pages for publishing structured cited reports. \u003cb\u003eDeep Research\u003c\/b\u003e for multi-step investigations with presentations, spreadsheets, dashboards, and websites as outputs. File uploads. Image generation. The Comet Browser. Model Council for comparing outputs across LLMs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet better results.\u003c\/b\u003e Search and prompting fundamentals tuned to Perplexity, advanced multi-step techniques, and output formatting that's ready to drop into your own writing - citations and all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMake it work for your world.\u003c\/b\u003e Targeted chapters for students and educators (with the Academic Focus mode and a clear take on academic integrity), business teams (Enterprise Pro \/ Max, team Spaces, governance), and developers using the Perplexity API and Sonar models.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStay safe and informed.\u003c\/b\u003e Honest coverage of citation quality, source bias, the no-ads data model, the Comet Plus publisher support model, and the ethics of AI-powered search.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e60+ ready-to-use search templates\u003c\/b\u003e organized by Focus mode and use case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are replacing Google for daily questions, writing a market brief, or running a literature review - this is the book that turns Perplexity from a curiosity into your default research tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes coverage of Pro Search, Deep Research, Spaces, Pages, Comet Browser, Comet Plus, Model Council, the Sonar model family, Enterprise Pro \/ Max, and every 2026 research feature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Tannenbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798254944782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.59d","brand":"Ken Tannenbaum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659812417791,"sku":"9798254944782","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perplexity-ai-ken-tannenbaum-9798254944782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}