2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
The excuse “I don’t read because I don’t have time for this” will no longer pass. Blinkist is a service whose editorial team takes the most interesting books and extracts the most useful information from them. After that, they turn into short articles (5-10 minutes of reading) with an overwhelming amount of useful information per square centimeter.
Blinkist exists both in the web version and as an app for iPhone and iPad, and we'll take a look at them below.
There are a lot of books in Blinkist. There are 3 tabs on the main page: new arrivals, categories and curated. The last tab contains a selection of excerpts sorted by interesting topics.
Each book is incredibly interesting. The service is very careful about the choice, so there are only the best and most useful books. It is worth saying that after reading the synopsis, many of them, I want to read them in full.
Each book is divided into chapters and each has a short description of what you will find inside. On average, each book has 8 to 12 chapters. The reading interface does not contain anything superfluous, and in the settings you can change the font size, screen brightness, and also change the light theme to dark and vice versa. There is a handy progress bar at the bottom that shows how much you've read so far.
Highlights is a tab where you can save your favorite thoughts and quotes from the author. I'm used to saving them to Evernote, so I have it empty.
Reading Blinkist on the web is as enjoyable as it is on the iPhone. There is nothing superfluous on the main page: only the books that you have added to your library with a short description under each of them.
The reading interface is almost the same as in the application. Simple design, almost complete absence of any elements and the ability to customize the display of text.
Finally, bad news for those who thought it was all free. Unfortunately no. Blinkist gives you a three-day free period in which you can enjoy all its delights, and then asks you to purchase a subscription that costs $ 8 per month. If you buy it immediately for six months or a year, then you can save, and decently.
On StackSocial, however, there is a three-month subscription to Blinkist. All you have to do is sign up with Facebook and get your desired code. Because of this promotion, I started using the service and I want to say that at the end of the three-month period, I will probably pay for the subscription.
Blinkist is not a substitute for reading full books, not at all. But in addition to the usual books, you get access to incredibly useful information, which can be processed in just a few minutes instead of hours.
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