What is 15Minutes?
15Minutes is a subscription library of book summaries designed to be read or heard in roughly 15 minutes each. It targets professionals, students and lifelong learners who want the main ideas of a nonfiction book without reading the whole thing. Summaries are reviewed by editors and can be read online, downloaded as PDF or EPUB, or played as audio summaries.
Main Features
- Access a library of more than 10,000 book summaries.
- Browse summaries by category across hundreds of genres.
- Read summaries online with chapter-by-chapter breakdowns.
- Download summaries as PDF or EPUB files for offline reading.
- Listen to audiobook versions of summaries.
- Save titles to a personal library in your account.
- Summaries are reviewed by the site's editors.
Who Should Use It?
- Busy professionals who want the core ideas of business and self-improvement books.
- Students who need a quick overview of a book before or after reading it.
- Lifelong learners who want to sample many books before choosing one to read in full.
- Commuters who prefer listening to summaries instead of reading.
- Readers who like to keep offline PDF or EPUB copies of summaries.
Pricing
There is no free plan; access costs $9.99 per month, $59.99 per year or a one-time $129.99 for lifetime access, and every plan includes the full summary library, downloads and audio summaries.