Shortform: World-Class Ideas

Shortform Inc.

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About this app

Join thousands of curious Shortform readers to get smarter, faster.

Get the most detailed, smartest book summaries available in the world. Shortform summaries are chapter-by-chapter summaries covering the key points of the book, with smart analysis of the book's ideas.

Remember the key lessons from books you’ve read, and discover new books you need to read.

Reinforce the key lessons with interactive exercises that challenge you to reflect on your past and improve your life.

Trust in writer quality. Shortform summaries are written by professional authors, PhD’s, and Ivy League graduates.

Check out Shortform summaries of this week’s NY Times bestsellers:
- Sapiens, by Yuval Harari
- Educated, by Tara Westover
- Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
- Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker
- 12 Rules for Life, by Jordan Peterson

Check out Shortform summaries of these all-time classics:
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
- Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
- The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey

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KEY FEATURES

✔ Quick 1-page summaries to understand the book at a glance

✔ Chapter-by-chapter comprehensive summaries

✔ 550% more ideas covered than other summaries

✔ Audio narrations to learn on the go

✔ #1 Bestsellers and all-time classic books

✔ Interactive exercises to apply the key lessons to your life

✔ Highlight your favorite passages and take notes

✔ Share key points with friends and co-workers

✔ 18 book categories, including Business, Health, Self-Improvement, History, and more.

✔ Printable PDF downloads for your convenience

✔ Offline mode to read without Internet

✔ Features coming soon: article summaries, publishing feed, and more...


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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

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Ratings and reviews

This is not just the best summaries app by far but also my new favorite app in terms of enjoyment and positive impact in my life, beating Kindle. The summaries themselves are top notch and the cross-reference materials, context and exercises allow for mind expansion and better memorization. And all this for the price of a book a month!

Can we please get a follow-along feature with the audio. Lots of people shooting for success are using this app when they're handling tasks; it's always a headache when your hear genius but can't locate the text that follows. This feature is so little but huge, if this feature is on the timeline, then which quarter? Outside of that I love the content here please keep up the good work.

Very expensive for the poor app design. Extremely long pages for reading on a phone & forgets where you were on the page as soon as you click away - come back and it has defaulted to the top of the page & you have to find your place by scrolling. The only forward/back buttons are at the bottom of pages - makes it very difficult to flip back and forth if you want to visit a previous page. The search function is slow. The book selection is good but not great. Very expensive for what it is.