Blinkist
Blinks Labs GmbH, commonly known as Blinkist, is a book-summarizing subscription service based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2012.
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| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet |
| Founded | August 2012, 21 |
| Founder | Holger Seim Niklas Jansen Sebastian Klein Tobias Balling |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| Products | Blinkist App |
| Total assets |  US$35 million[1] |
| Website | www |
It has about seven million users.[2]
The service provides summaries of over 3,000 bestselling non-fiction books, 15-minute reads, otherwise known as Blinks or book-in-blinks.[3]
Blinkist is available as a web-app and a mobile application. The summaries are available in English and German.[1]
Blinkist's competitors include Sumizeit, BUUK App, Booknotes, Snapreads, ReadingIQ, getAbstract, Instaread, BookRags and Quiddity.[4]
References
- "Blinkist raises $18.8M for its condensed reading platform for non-fiction books".
- Rowe, Adam. "Micro-Learning App Blinkist Saw A 60% Rise In Political Reads In 2018". Forbes.
- Cain, Sian (9 December 2018). "Blink and you'll miss it: can you really digest a whole book in 15 minutes?" – via www.theguardian.com.
- What are the alternatives to Blinkist?
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