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12min Reading - Your free habit builder for reading

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12min is an app with summaries of the best nonfiction books, that can be read or listened in about 12 minutes. Our primary goal is to help you to develop the reading habit and take it to the next level. That's why we offer free and unlimited reading. You can develop the reading habit, learn new things, prioritise your next books to read.

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Hey PH, Before I say anything, it's a pleasure to launch a product here, where I usually find awesome stuff to help me. Because of that, we're giving a 7-day trial to everyone who signs up on 12min, instead of our usual 3-day trial, so you can have more time to enjoy the full experience of the app!! I'm here to present you the 12min app. 12min is an app with summaries of the best nonfiction books, that can be read or listened in about 12 minutes. Our primary goal is to help you to develop the reading habit and take it to the next level. That's why we offer free and unlimited reading. You can develop the reading habit, learn new things, prioritize your next books to read… And all that can be done in those useless micro-moments of the day like waiting on the bank line, being inside a bus or a train, doing the laundry. We want to help you to learn more and faster, so you can be even smarter and boost your career! On 12min you will find the best books on business, marketing, sales, leadership, etc., condensed into microbooks with their most valuable insights. After operating in Brazil for about 1 year, we're happy to announce that our app is going international, and now we also offer content in English, Spanish, and Hindi. Here are some of our cool features: - Free unlimited reading, and upgrade to make audios available; - Free audio for the featured book ("book of the day") - Download microbooks for reading and listening offline; - Send microbooks to Kindle; - See what your friends are reading; - Highlight the most important sections of the microbook. We'd love to get some feedback, and we're happy to answer questions! :)
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Cool product Matheus. Can you clarify what you get for free, and what you need to pay for? I'm finding it a little confusing.
Maker
READING = free forever LISTENING = 3 free trial ENJOY ;)
Maker
READING = free forever LISTENING = 3 free trial ENJOY ;)
Love the personal development space. What makes 12min different than Blinkist? Thanks
Maker
Thanks for the comment Mariano! =D Answering your question, the main differences between 12min and Blinkist are: 1. 12min is now GLOBAL, with content in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi; 2. 12min is FOREVER FREE FOR READING and Blinkist limits their free access to 1 reading per day; 3. PRICING: We admire them and getAbstract and that they raised 17M. We’re bootstraped, which means we’ll grow slower, but with best prices to our users! =D I hope you like it! Enjoy! ;)
great! Thanks, keep it up!
Awesome product. I bought a lot of books listening their summaries and it's practical to listen during operational tasks.
Maker
Thanks a lot for the comment Giovanni, that's great to hear! =D #keepReading #keepLearning
Great app! If you want to read more, definately its a great way to start. 🤘🏽
Maker
Thanks a lot for the feedback Caio! #keepReading #keepLearning
I stay more time with 12 min than my own family! I can't live without it.
Maker
hahahaha that's great to know Pedro! Thanks a lot for the comment and feedback! #keepReading #keepLearning
Awesome app!! Library keeps getting bigger and better and is really good to have a first look before committing in buying a book to my kindle!
Maker
That's awesome to hear, thanks! We love to see people who understand the fact that we're not against books, but the opposite. We actually want people to read even more books, but in a smarter way! :) #keepReading #keepLearning
Congrats & team for making this international!
Maker
Hey , great to see you here! Thanks for the support =D

For my daily busy life, this app appears as a replacement for my bookshelf! I can send the summaries to my Kindle or listen on my smartphone.

I think an integration with Android Auto to hear some summaries could be a great option in the future.

Pros:

High quality text and audio summaries, simplicity of use and diversity of content

Cons:

None

Maker
Thanks a lot for the review Luiz! We're working very hard to integrate the app with a lot of different devices and softwares ;) #keepReading #keepLearning

They say you only use 3 apps on your phone and 12min is definitely one of mine.

Since they started releasing audiobooks, I open it at least once a day

Pros:

Best way to research before buying new book, great to remind key points from what I've read, great UX/UI, audiobooks to listen while running

Cons:

None

Maker
Thanks for the review Vinícius, that's awesome to hear! It's great to have you as a heavy user of 12min :) #keepReading #keepLearning
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