Condensed eBooks

Joosr is an App Which Turns Books into 15-Minute Reads – What, Another One?

29 June, 2016 // 2 Comments

The Guardian has the tale of yet another startup which is trying to break into the condensed books market: Is this reading or “reading”? An app called Joosr, which aims to help users read a book [Read More ...]

Blinkist Brings Its Cliff Notes Style App to Android

1 September, 2014 // 1 Comment

Blinkist publishes condensed ebooks that are designed to help you get the gist of a topic in 15 minutes or less. I first brought you news of Blinkist back in March, when the firm launched its iPad [Read More ...]

Blinkist Launches iPad App, Wants to Give You the Gist of Books in 15 Minutes or Less

28 March, 2014 // 1 Comment

I completely missed Blinkist's subscription service when it launched in January, but this firm crossed my desk again today with the launch of their iPad app. Blinkist offers a service that provides [Read More ...]

Citia Raises $600K as it Pivots From Card-Based eBooks to Websites, Catalogs

14 February, 2014 // 1 Comment

One of the more novel digital publishing startups of 2012 is back in the news again today with new funds and a new focus. Citia, a startup which debuted with the goal of producing condensed Cliff [Read More ...]

Story Surgeon is a New Type of Fair Use, Not Copyright Infringement

23 January, 2014 // 11 Comments

There's a fascinating post over on Writer Beware today which links to a new Kickstarter project and cries copyright infringement. Victoria Strauss, editor of Writer Beware, is concerned by a new app [Read More ...]

Citia is Now Offering One of Their Condensed eBook Titles Free in iTunes

20 September, 2012 // 0 Comments

If you don't have the time to finish a several hundred page nonfiction book then you might be interested in a new type of ebook which Citia introduced earlier this year, and the free sample ebook app [Read More ...]