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I need a service to summarize pop non-fiction books in some similar way, cut out all the bullshit and leave the perhaps blog length substance and list of refere
by cstejerean 6y ago
I need a service to summarize pop non-fiction books in some similar way, cut out all the bullshit and leave the perhaps blog length substance and list of references.
I can’t stand where a good 1/3 to 1/2 of the book is spent on trying to convince me to read the book, extolling the benefits I’ll get from reading it. I don’t need to be sold on it, I already wasted the money for the book, now all I want to do is avoid also wasting time on filler.
- andrewingram 6y agoThat’s what Blinkist is, isn’t it?
- Axsuul 6y agoDerek Sivers has good summaries on some of these: https://sive.rs/book https://sive.rs/book
- chubot 6y agoI've never actually used this, but I remember the story from a few days ago from a guy who's doing exactly that? https://durmonski.com/ https://durmonski.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24469292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24469292 If you use it, tell us how it is :)
- jfim 6y agoI used getabstract[0] in the past, where they give you a five page summary of the entire book. After reading a lot of them though, you start realizing a lot of business books are rather full of fluff. [0] https://www.getabstract.com/en/ https://www.getabstract.com/en/
- turtleturtle 6y agoI agree, there's a lot of fluff in business/productivity/self-improvement books. They're repetitive and often refer to the same decade old studies. I've also found that I need to be in the proper state of mind for a message to sink in. Maybe the regurgitation helps but I should reread a good book instead.