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View Poll Results: Do you mark (annotate) your ebooks? (notes, bookmarks, etc) | |||
Never | 71 | 53.79% | |
Sometimes | 34 | 25.76% | |
Often | 9 | 6.82% | |
Almost Always | 7 | 5.30% | |
Yes, it's very important to me. | 11 | 8.33% | |
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04-19-2011, 12:31 PM | #31 | |
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04-20-2011, 12:50 PM | #32 |
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At the moment I've been struggling with reading on my iPad, because I like to clip quotes from fiction, and I also like to annotate nonfiction. I haven't settled on one reading app because this is a weakness of all of them, especially since most of my books are library books.
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04-20-2011, 12:59 PM | #33 | |
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You are right. I am amazed that more people don't want to annotate books. I do a lot of research and need to find stuff quickly in my books. I can't believe this feature is so over looked by developers. I would pay a good price for a good reader with superb note taking features, if those features were "synced" between my devices. Last edited by 1611mac; 04-20-2011 at 01:02 PM. |
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04-20-2011, 01:17 PM | #34 |
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I highlight more then take notes. If I was still in school I would be taking notes.
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04-21-2011, 06:37 PM | #35 | |
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on a related note - i really can't understand why kobo and kindle would think it was important to see what passages others have highlighted. It is so personal and unique to each person - how could it possibly be meaningful to see what strangers highlight? Last edited by Victoria; 04-21-2011 at 06:40 PM. |
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04-21-2011, 07:49 PM | #36 | |
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04-22-2011, 05:57 AM | #37 |
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School text books all the time, it saved time when I had to revise later on, then again I never sold my used text books even after the semester was finished.
Non-academic related books never and I don't have such an option with my Sony. I hate getting a book from the library only to find it has been marked, the same goes for my personal collection. |
04-22-2011, 06:00 AM | #38 |
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I always bookmark the last page I read, so that I can get back there easily later on. But that's all I do
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04-22-2011, 08:07 AM | #39 |
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@Quexos - The Sony 650 automatically opens a book at the last page it was open on. (I think most ereaders do that.)
To the original question: Not the below refers to fiction; I'm not a great non-fiction reader in general. I mark lines I really like. It's one of the nice things about ebooks that I can do that without feeling I'm damaging the book. I also mark typos or other mistakes if I'm planning to fix them (on books I expect to re-read, or I volunteered to proofread). |
04-22-2011, 10:17 AM | #40 |
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I'm getting pretty long in the tooth myself.....I search while I'm still reading the book - "who is Mr. Smith again?".... perfect for keeping minor characters straight.
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04-22-2011, 10:33 AM | #41 |
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Absolutely. In fact I chose the last option because the poll also asks about bookmarks and I use this at least all the time to be sure that I don't lose my place.
I know eReaders are made to remember your place, but I don't really trust this - and I tend to flick to different books from time to time. I'm surprised so many people have said they never do any of this. Or maybe the title of the poll confused things? I wouldn't usually annotate or mark a physical book for example. Regards Caleb |
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04-22-2011, 10:58 AM | #43 | |
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04-22-2011, 11:03 AM | #44 | |
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