Get the gist of popular books in just 15 minutes [Deals]

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Booknotes
This digital library for busy people offers summaries of over 1,000 best-selling books in just 15 minutes each.
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Books a key part of human culture, and an essential way of staying informed. Unfortunately, many of us have limited time for reading, so getting through a book is an accomplishment that can take weeks or longer. Luckily, you can get a lot out of a book without reading the whole thing, and that’s what BookNotes offers.

BookNotes offers a handy digital library that delivers 15-minute summaries of over 1,000 best-selling books. That includes non-fiction categories like finance, love, career, happiness, health and others, along with fiction and documentary summaries, and more. The summaries run through key concepts, arguments and beats of each book over the course of about 15 minutes. So you can have a frame of reference for influential books even without the time to read them. It’s kind of like skipping the movie theater and scanning the online reviews. No wonder it’s earned 4.3 out of 5 stars from over 150 reviews on the App Store.

Buy now: Get a lifetime subscription to BookNotes for $29. That’s a massive 90% off the usual price. Get an extra 15% with promo code “MERRYSAVE15” at checkout.

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