Tens of thousands of leadership, marketing, personal development and other business books are published every year. How do you decide which have the information you need to implement? To help you keep up on what the industry gurus are saying and stay current on developing trends, Element K offers business book summaries from getAbstract®.

These concise summaries of today's top business books give you all of the key knowledge of a book in 15-20 minutes. Each of the over 2,000 summaries is in a consistent, 5 page format, and includes a list of key take aways, a critical synopsis of the main ideas of the book, important quotes, and competency mapping to quickly identify if the business book summary is relevant. Element K makes it even more convenient by delivering targeted book summaries right to your inbox through our "Summary of the Week" email service.

Download 4 free book summaries, including The Black Swan!

These business book summaries are selected based on the users' interests, ensuring that each one is relevant. Available in PDF, Palm and MP3 audio formats, condensed business books are highly portable and easy-to-digest. What's more, getAbstract selects only the most compelling and innovative titles from top authors, so you can be sure that every business book summary is an influential and important reference.

With a subscription to our book summaries, you can have relevant texts emailed to you every week; or self-select from our entire, business summary library, divided into these subject areas:

• Leadership and Management
• Corporate Finance
• Small Business
• Career and Self Development
• Corporate Strategy
• Human Resources
• Economics and Politics
• Personal Finance
• Sales and Marketing
• Technology, Production and Logistics
• Industries and Regions
• Concepts and Trends

Available in PDF, Palm and MP3* formats, business book summaries are a highly portable, easy-to-digest way for you to process timely information and implement new ideas immediately.
 

Interested in learning more about our business book summaries?  Contact your Element K representative for order information and pricing.

*Our MP3 library of summaries is growing each week.  If you can't find an audio version of the business book summary you want, try back soon.