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Hey HN, As self-proclaimed bibliomaniacs, we were pained by how hard it was to revisit and organize our highlights. It would often feel like we'd read a book,
by tristanho 9y ago
Hey HN,
As self-proclaimed bibliomaniacs, we were pained by how hard it was to revisit and organize our highlights. It would often feel like we'd read a book, have phenomenal new insights, and start to build some mental models, only to forget them a couple months later.
Readwise is a simple way to get lightweight spaced-repetition of the best ideas from the books you've read. Kindle was the largest and most accessible ecosystem, so we started with it. Curious if HN has any other methods of importing passages that could be useful to you!
Zoomed out, our goal is to dramatically improve the age-old practice of reading books for wisdom, both through faster[0] reading and better retention. We have quite a few ideas on how we're going to do this, but would love to know what you think.
[0] or slower, depending on the book/chapter
- ropeladder 9y agoGlad you are working on this! I've been pretty disappointed at how non-standardized highlights (and comments) are for ebooks. Taking notes, highlighting, and 'active reading' are generally worse on electronic platforms and the potential to be have easier access to my generated content initially seemed to compensate for that... until I realized that I couldn't sync it up at all and none of the formats seemed to be compatible. That said, I have avoided Amazon entirely and am not particularly interested in the spaced repetition aspect so I won't be signing up just yet. Would love to hear if/when you support Calibre, Kobo, and/or Moon Reader.
- overcast 9y agoI dig it! Like reliving all the good moments from a great book. I think it would change the way I highlight stuff, from references to more memories. Providing a good memorable overview.
- archiepeach 9y agoThis is great to see, I'm glad that there's a market for this and that it's something that interests people. I have been working on a similar type of tool for the past year or so https://vocabifyapp.com https://vocabifyapp.com Good luck with yours and all the best!