Blinkist. Powerful ideas – 15 minutes at a time

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Blinkist. Powerful ideas – 15 minutes at a time

Donegal County Library Service is excited to announce its newest digital offering, Blinkist Premium, now available free to all registered cardholders. Through a partnership with Library Ideas, LLC, Donegal joins libraries worldwide in providing access to Blinkist’s award-winning platform for lifelong learning.

Designed for the modern reader, Blinkist offers key insights from nonfiction book, audio, and podcast summaries called Blinks. Users of all backgrounds can explore big ideas and acquire actionable knowledge on a variety of topics in a way that suits their lifestyle and personal and professional development goals. With Blinkist's expertly crafted summaries, users can absorb the essential ideas from groundbreaking books like Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel, How to Talk to Anyone, by Leil Lowndes and thousands more.

Blinkist provides library patrons with unmatched convenience and accessibility by combining top digital content with an easy-to-use, popular and recognizable platform with more than 41 million users worldwide. Blinks can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere by downloading the free app from the Apple® App Store or Google® Play store or accessing the desktop version via the library’s website.

"Blinkist is a game-changer for lifelong learners in our community," said Karen Sheehy, Senior Executive Librarian at Donegal County Library service “it’s perfect for people who want to expand their knowledge but don’t always have time to read a full book.”

To learn more or to start exploring Blinkist, visit the online library donegallibrary.ie

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