Make Your Audiobooks Work For You

Stop losing ideas. Start using them.

You spend hours listening to audiobooks, but most of it slips away. Distill connects your audiobook library to AI tools you already use, so you can ask questions, retrieve insights, and map out key concepts from the books you own. Take this fast, free fit check to see if you’re a strong match for Distill’s early access group. Learn your fit score, see what Distill could do for you immediately, and get a personalized recommendation for your first use case. Distill is built by seasoned AI and audiobook enthusiasts focused on helping power listeners get more from every book. 89% of listeners say they forget most of what they hear—Distill is here to change that. Early access is limited. Take the Fit Check now and see if you’re in.

I have a tendency to get to the end of an audiobook, think “that was ace,” and then realize later that I cannot remember 99% of it when I could/should actually apply it. The number of times I have given up trying to remember something I was sure I had heard in an audiobook ain't great. "I'm sure there was something good in and around chapter 2. What was chapter 2? Something about something useful, I'm sure. Wait, was there even a chapter 2?"

Obviously, not saying that we should apply every idea from every business book wholesale, and most people’s brains probably do a decent job of filtering out what doesn't apply and cherry-picking the bits that matter most.

Wouldn't it be grand though, if we could reference what we listened to quickly and easily after the audiobook is done? Cheeky wee reminder about chapter 2 and how I can apply it to my life? Well that would just be lovely, thanks.

My friend and colleague, Jonathan Sprang has built something that helps me remember those unabsorbed takeaways of chapter 2 and all the other content in all the other chapters in all the other books in my Audible library. I got early access, and so far it has (finger in the air) doubled (marketing brain wanted to say quadrupled for you Jon, but I think doubled is closer) the value of the time I invest in listening to audiobooks.

Richard Henke
Head of Marketing, bucher + suter