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Book Summary Services and their summaries of books
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"Book summaries" can mean a number of different things. If they are published books -- which would usually imply an ISBN or ASIN -- then that's fine. If not, some examples might be helpful.
Ok first example: Blinkist
https://www.blinkist.com/
A web and app based book summary service.
A free example summary: https://www.blinkist.com/en/content/d...
Currently 468 summaries are listed on Goodreads with Blinkist as author: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
There are thousands of Blinkist summaries (Blinks) that are missing from Goodreads.
I haven't so far found an ISBN on any of them. At this point I don't think Blinkist does ISBNs?
There is very little consistancy in how they are listed on Goodreads:
* Sometimes Blinkist is author and book author is in title,
* sometimes blinkist and book author are co-authors,
* sometimes blinkist is adapter in brackets with author (i kind of like this one),
* sometimes book author is not mentioned,
* sometimes it's 'title hyphen a summary of authors book about subtitle by blinkist' (I kind of like this one),
* sometimes it's 'key insights from title hyphen subtitle by blinkist'.
Can I request Blinks be added to Goodreads?
What form do I request them in?
Is there any point shelving existing GR listings of Blinks if they are doomed to be NABd?
Mod
Ones that have not been published as Kindle editions are apparently only available as part of a subscription, and would therefore not meet our criteria for inclusion.
As far as author (for those that meet criteria to be added), that should be Blinkist. They are not adaptations or co-authored works.
Could I please have some official answers to the following questions?:
Can book summaries be added?
Can book summaries be added without an ISBN?
What is the form for requesting they be added?
Thank you.