Apps such as Blinkist and Joosr cram an entire book into a 15-minute read – but are readers and authors being short-changed? | The National

Ever picked up an interesting-looking book, and wished you could just transfer the story or knowledge it contains directly into your brain, without the graft of actually spending hour after hour reading the thing?

You are not alone, it seems, given the recent arrival of a number of apps that claim to condense the major points of existing titles into bite-sized summaries - to be consumed by busy readers in 15-minute bursts, on the go, on a smartphone or tablet.