SUMMARY.COM REVIEW
In 1978, the founders of Soundview Executive Book Summaries
pioneered the concept of outlining the key points and ideas
of full-length business books into quick and easy-to-read
print summaries.
Launched in Connecticut, co-founder and publisher Cynthia
Folino moved the company to Vermont in the early 1980s. In
1999, the company was acquired by Clement Communications Publishing
Group, a Concordville, Pennsylvania-based publisher of business-to-business
newsletters and motivational posters for the workplace.
Throughout the years, Soundview has worked closely with the
leading business book publishers of the world to offer print
summaries of the thirty best business books of the year to
its more than 40,000 worldwide subscribers. Always seeking
to bring more business book information to its customers,
Soundview launched an expanded version of its book review
newsletter (now called New and Noteworthy), and went online
with its summary.com Web site in 1995. In March 2000, Soundview
began offering audio-cassette and CD versions of its summaries.
In September 2001, Soundview introduced the electronic version
of its book summaries.
For the past 27 years, Soundview Executive Book Summaries
has evolved through new designs, added services, and even
new addresses. We have never wavered, however, from our core
mission: to present summaries of the cutting-edge ideas and
hands-on, how-to management guides that the year’s 30
Best Business Books can offer.
