Blinkist
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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 (2018)[1] |
| Website | www |
Blinks Labs GmbH, commonly known as Blinkist, is a German book-summarizing subscription service based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2012 and has 18 million users as of 2021.[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[]
- ^ a b "Blinkist raises $18.8M for its condensed reading platform for non-fiction books".
- ^ "Blinkist: Serving curious minds". Blinkist. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ 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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- Companies based in Berlin
- Internet properties established in 2012
- German companies established in 2012
- German brands
- Audiobook companies and organizations
- Online companies of Germany
- Subscription services