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Amazon Starts Sharing What You’ve Highlighted on Your Kindle
- pwhelan 16y agoIf they made this opt-in, it would be great. When I read a physical book, it is a private thing and to maintain the integrity of the experience it should be opt-in. That being said, I would be interested to see the results of what people are highlighting -- especially if they highlight and comment. I have also thought that the kindle should have a "Fire Notes" (kindle + spark notes = fire notes?) where you can download it and hook it onto the file and have the notes within the book. It would be great for classes and independent readers.
- DrSprout 16y agoI would like to see it get back to publishers at any rate. It would be extremely useful for authors.
- pavel_lishin 16y agoI'm okay with this so long as there's absolutely no identifying information that goes along with it. Having said that, if I had a kindle, I guess I'd start highlighting every obscenity.
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- sliverstorm 16y agoThe headline you've given it makes this sound like they are sharing the info of individual users. "The service doesn’t say which sections of which specific books a reader has highlighted..."
- devinj 16y agoThe submitter != the author.
- sliverstorm 16y agoIs it wrong that I hold HN readers to higher standards when it comes to titles than miscellaneous news websites? :)
- patio11 16y agoThat's about as accurate as saying "Amazon stars sharing what books you read" by... publishing bestseller lists.
- mathewi 16y agoThat's a fair point -- might have been better to say "Starts Sharing What Readers Highlight on Their Kindles"