Amazon Starts Sharing What You’ve Highlighted on Your Kindle(gigaom.com)
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Amazon Starts Sharing What You’ve Highlighted on Your Kindle
http://gigaom.com/2010/05/03/amazon-starts-sharing-what-youve-highlighted-on-your-kindle/
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If 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.
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.
I would like to see it get back to publishers at any rate. It would be extremely useful for authors.
The 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..."
"The service doesn’t say which sections of which specific books a reader has highlighted..."
The submitter != the author.
Is it wrong that I hold HN readers to higher standards when it comes to titles than miscellaneous news websites? :)
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Having said that, if I had a kindle, I guess I'd start highlighting every obscenity.