Blinkist

Blinkist is a paid service for accessing book abstracts, and is presented as a tool for acquiring knowledge more quickly and efficiently. Blinkist allows you to read key lessons from over 4000 non-fiction books in 15 minutes or less.

An effective personal development tool

Blinkist is an application used to get a brief overview of some of the most popular books on the market that can help enrich your education, or to help you decide if a specific book is worth reading in its entirety. Blinkist allows you to :

• Sharpen your professional skills with the best business books in your field;
• Access thousands of non-fiction audio books at a special discounted price;
• Create your own library of personal audio books to personalize your learning experience;
• Progress with the most powerful self-improvement titles;
• Discover new perspectives on the world with bestsellers on economics, science, history and culture;
• Enjoy summaries of key ideas lovingly written by field experts who are passionate about explaining complex issues in simple and beautiful language;
• Download key information from books, audio books and original programs to read and listen to offline;
• Find inspiration with the latest trends and ideas in your professional field.

Blinkist is designed to be used on your Smartphone, although it can technically be used on a computer using their web application. The application is available on iTunes and Google Play.