Blinkist
Blinkist is a paid service that summarizes individual non-fiction books and makes this essay available to its subscribers . The content is provided as text and audio files that can be read or listened to in approximately 15-30 minutes.
The repertoire currently includes titles from the subjects of personality development , psychology , motivation & inspiration , communication , history , politics and biographies . The target group is people who want to develop professionally with the help of compact literature or who want to gain new perspectives for their private life.
reception
In a test report published by the “Gründerszene.de” service, the author criticizes the fact that the brief summary reproduces the statements made by the author in a misleading manner. “Read.net” rates the audio files created by professional speakers as very pleasant. However, the prepared content is described as very brief and sufficient for a first impression and a possible purchase decision . For more in-depth information, reading the original work is essential.
Other media praise the practicality of the service and report that the quality of the titles is surprisingly good.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ What good is the non-fiction summaryist Blinkist? In: Gründerszene Magazin . January 27, 2016 ( gruenderszene.de [accessed May 18, 2018]).
- ↑ Blinkist in the test: The textbook summaries are good for that . In : lesen.net . ( read.net [accessed on May 18, 2018]).
- ↑ Blinkist: tutoring for booklets . In: ZEIT ONLINE . ( zeit.de [accessed on May 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Peter Praschl: Blinkist: The non-fiction app in a self-experiment . In: THE WORLD . October 11, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed May 22, 2018]).