Notevantage

While vigorously researching the book summary marketplace, I happened upon one Olga Khazan’s article (from The Atlantic) where she provided more anecdotal confirmation that my book summaries don’t work theory is RIGHT : In Blinkist, meanwhile, even the final “key messages” section contained points that were far too vague and reductivist: Moreover, she struck my Notevantage chords multiple times. Check these selections out: I was curious to see how either Blinkist or Wikipedia would handle anecdotes, the glue that holds all the cocktail-party nuggets of nonfiction books together. Wikipedia avoids any and all human-interest tidbits. I kept waiting for a glimmer of Cain’s story of how Steve Wozniak’s introversion helped him—and Apple—ascend the early computing world. Now granted Notevantage is completely RANDOM (thus far) but if non-fiction book tidbits (and great, practical ones at that) is what you seek then that is what ye shall get here. Here’s some more confirmation bi

As I researched Instaread, GetAbstract, and Blinkist and looked for other similar subscription services, I realized something: the marketplace was missing the most important product of all: the tidbits ! It’s like when Elaine told Mr. Lippman about muffin tops being the best part of the muffin: Think about it, why do we read books? To gain knowlege, yes. But more specifically, we read for the tidbits, the anecdotes, the little gold nuggets where just one can change the way we think, the way we act for the better. Or maybe they’re just a way to sound smart at those theoretical cocktail parties. Either way, non-fiction book tidbits are informational gold: We want to have them and store them away but they take significant resources to acquire. A good book sets you back $10-$15 but the real bee sting is taking 7-10 hours to read the book. Holy work week that’s a lot of time, Batman. And that’s why over here at the Notevantage Info Factory I painstakingly churn out sweet, sweet tid

There’s an old saying that goes “you reap what you sow” but it doesn’t matter because whether you’ve been good or bad, anyone can enjoy a delicious education to Hoodie University AKA Notevantage . So what makes Notevantage so irresistible? 3 Things My Dear Reader #1 The juiciest tidbits from the best non-fiction books are extracted and served to you on a silver platter. #2 Each gold nugget is hyperfocused on and explained in plain English so you don’t have to think, just bask in the info sunlight and absorb. #3 Every note comes with a practical takeaway section so you instantly apply knowledge and improve your life. The story behind this subscription is I actually designed it for myself. I’m a self-improvement buff and I love reading great books but the problem is I didn’t take notes on all the great tidbits that I came across. Moreover, I never took time to dwell on them and really enrich myself intellectually. And after that, where in the world can you find a product or serv

  Notevantage Blinkist Gist Hyperfocuses on the best tidbits in books. Provides summaries of books. Pro More effective learning. Get the point of a book fast. Con Random. Summaries are ineffective. Edge Forks over gold nuggets quickly. Voluminous amount of material. Price $45 $49.99 - $79.99 As I’ve blogged previously, book summaries don’t work . In short, when is the last time a book summary changed your life? Never. Blinkist is a life saver if you completely blanked on your homework assignment (reading that book) for the last two weeks and now it’s 30 minutes before class. But beyond that, book summaries give you a false impression of knowledge. The people that condensed the book down to 15 minutes know exactly what the material’s about while you have the “yeah-yeah, I know this” version of the book. With that in mind, I got into the business of hyperfocusing on random book tidbits that deserved the spotlight. My thought: Why not? Why Not?

What if you had someone whose job it was to curate the best anecdotes and tidbits from non-fiction books and send them to you every Monday? If that’s what you’ve wished for the last 12 Christmas’s, I’ve got a non-salty surprise for you: It’s very much within your grasp. With the advent of Notevantage, you can buy your very own note-taking butler. As we all know, books take a long time to read, and we’ll never get through our entire wishlist. And for that matter, nor would we want to. Some books are legendary but their place in time is built on the pillars of a few scant pieces of information. You don’t want to read for 8 hours to only unearth three gold nuggets. There needs to be an extraction service, and so that’s what I’ve come up with. You might say, “Already been done, Kris. There’s a handful of book summary services out there. True but book summaries are flawed hacks. Book summaries are best used as a refresher AFTER you’ve read a book because summaries strip informati

If you’re not quite sure what you’re looking for but you know you’re looking for something, you probably just found it. Notevantage is a subscription service where I send you great tidbits, gold nuggets, etc. from the non-fiction books I read. It’s random and completely novel – there’s absolutely nothing else out there like it. If you were trying to categorize Notevantage, you’d throw up your hands and file it under book summary services like Blinkist and Get Abstract. But I’m not outsourcing people to churn out book summaries like McDonald’s assembly line hamburgers. This isn’t a streamlined business model; it’s a me-lined concept. I curate what tidbits get send out from my notes. And then when I deem some anecdote or key piece of info worthy of sending out, I dive into it and cover everything in-depth, from explanation to illustrations to how you can use that gold nugget to make a real, tangible, practical benefit to YOU. Emails go out once a week, on Monday, and they’re comple