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For technical books, I can't replicate the experience of writing notes in the margins (with a pencil of course) of a paper book versus anything ebook readers of
by _e 9y ago
For technical books, I can't replicate the experience of writing notes in the margins (with a pencil of course) of a paper book versus anything ebook readers offer. Yes, I can't grep or query a paper book but the learning process seems more fluid as the book becomes my own reference source.
- soapdog 9y agoYou might not like it but many ebook readers have annotation support. Usually you can highlight text and add notes. In the case of Kindle, you can later find all your highlights and notes on: https://kindle.amazon.com/your_highlights There are browser add-ons that make this page better and easier to export. One example is http://www.norbauer.com/bookcision/ http://www.norbauer.com/bookcision/ which will allow you to download your notes in XML, JSON or plain text. Personally, I don't use the online notes page. I am more than happy with the device showing me my own notes. There are also options for showing popular notes and highlights. I agree that it is not frictionless like pen and paper, which I also love, but for those like me that live in far away countries where up to date books are expensive and hard to find, being able to use ebooks from abroad and use the notes features is a blessing.
- WesleyLivesay 9y agoThank you for linking to that export utility! I use Kindle Highlights very heavily while doing research, I then export them for use while writing. That extension will save me a bunch of time.
- criddell 9y agoDo you think an iPad Pro would work for you? I just bought one and the ability to mark-up PDFs has turned out to work great. It does a good job of recognizing my handwriting and so when I search for some term, it also finds matches in my handwriting. There are a bunch of different apps for this and none of them are expensive.