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What website gives you summaries of books?

What website gives you summaries of books?

Where to Find Book Summary Websites

  1. GetAbstract. GetAbstract is one of the big players in this industry, for good reason: it has the widest catalog, with over 20,000 summaries.
  2. Soundview.
  3. Blinkist.
  4. ReadItFor.Me.
  5. Summaries.
  6. Optimize.
  7. Readingraphics.
  8. Instaread.

How do you take notes on a book?

Helpful tips

  1. Write notes in your own words instead of copying down information from the book.
  2. Avoid over-highlighting.
  3. Wait until the end of a page to take notes so that you can better focus on what you are reading and so that you can try to summarize in your own words rather than copy.

Where can I find textbook summaries?

Wikipedia and WikiSummaries: best free websites for fiction book summaries.

  • Four Minutes Books: free summaries of self-help, scholarly, and productivity books.
  • Blinkist: probably the best subscription app for self-help and productivity book summaries.
  • CliffsNotes: a sure way to find book summaries for students.
  • Are cliff notes still available?

    B&N has ceased selling Cliffs Notes titles in its stores in favor of its own study guides, which are also offered online. The new Cliffs Notes site appears to be an effort by Wiley to enhance the classic study brand for a new generation of students.

    What happened to SparkNotes?

    SparkNotes has moved into educational publishing with books, such as Poetry Classics and FlashKids, a series of educational books for Kindergarten to grade 8 students. They also provide exercises for high school teachers.

    Is Blinkist illegal?

    Our Blinks distill the main ideas and most important concepts from non-fiction books, but they are new, original works of their own, written in our Blinkist style, voice, and format. They are legal so long as they don’t quote directly and extensively from the books.

    What is a summary of the book?

    A book summary is a brief written piece describing the main points of a book. For non-fiction works, the summary usually briefly describes each main point covered in the book and the author’s conclusions.

    How do you make notes?

    Keyboard shortcut To create a note, press CTRL+SHIFT+N. Type the text of the note. To close the note, click the note icon in the upper-left corner of the note window, and then click Close.

    What is a reading summary?

    Summary Reading Passages. A summary of a story recounts it in a succinct way and includes only the most important information, ideas, or details. It may include supporting details to the main idea as well as the sequence of the story (e.g. beginning, middle, end or chronological order).