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Personally, I don't usually retain much, ebook or physical book, unless I take notes, and I find ebooks make such note taking a lot easier.
by sbmassey 9y ago
Personally, I don't usually retain much, ebook or physical book, unless I take notes, and I find ebooks make such note taking a lot easier.
- godelmachine 9y agoI agree. Note making is very important for me if I wish to study a subject deeply. Besides, I can always refer to it later.
- JoshMnem 9y agoTaking notes on paper can help you retain more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret... http://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/474525392/attention-students-put-your-laptops-away http://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/474525392/attention-students-p... If I don't have paper nearby, I write in the margins and dogear the pages, and then refer back to the book to extract the information later. I keep a few pens and pencils in my pocket at all times.
- sbmassey 9y agoThose articles are about students taking notes on laptops during lectures, which Ibthink is a pretty different case to taking notes while reading a book. Reading on a phone, I get the ability to look up unfamiliar words immediately, add them to my spaced recognition tool if they seem useful, add quotes to my quote file, and arrange notes on new things learned either per book, or on a per project basis. In addition, taking notes like this they are still available over the years, and backed up in multiple places, whereas the paper notes I have taken are either filed away somewhere or lost during one of my moves.