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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 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.



Derek Sivers has good summaries on some of these: https://sive.rs/book


That’s what Blinkist is, isn’t it?


I'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://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24469292

If you use it, tell us how it is :)


I 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/


I 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.




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