Compressed Knowledge™

Staying abreast of key business trends is vital to business success. And much of this expert knowledge resides in books. But the average business book takes 5-10 hours to read. Thus, the typical manager completes just one business book a year, barely skimming the surface of crucial business knowledge.

The solution: getAbstract's business book summaries. Our experienced business writers compress all the important points of a book into just five pages. Each summary is readable in only 10 minutes, not the 10 hours it can take to read an entire book. As a result, typical getAbstract users download dozens of book summaries each year, maximizing their exposure to important business literature.



getAbstract’s library of thousands of business book summaries is the world’s largest, and it continues to grow every month. Other providers’ libraries are just a fraction of its size. Our collection excels in breadth and depth, ensuring that people can always find the expert knowledge most relevant to their jobs. That increases learning, and with it, competitiveness.

Not only does getAbstract provide your organization with the world’s largest collection of business book summaries, it also provides you with access to the newest books, hot off the press. If a book is important, we likely have it in our library. As a getAbstract subscriber, you get access to top-notch books that no other provider has, due to our unique partnership with Harvard Business Review Press.



Whereas alternative providers may summarize approximately three books a month (30-50 books a year), getAbstract publishes about 50 summaries every month (more than 500 new book summaries each year) – that's at least 10 times what others services provide. As a corporate subscriber, your team will be better informed and better equipped to compete in a fast-changing environment. Of course, nobody has time to read hundreds of summaries every year. But with our advanced tools, you can find the summaries that are relevant for you and your employees. And you can feel confident that you won't miss out on any of the year's best business titles.