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61 pointslatishsehgal15 comments

Thanks for sharing this!

I've always wanted to do something like this but find it to be too disruptive to my reading process. It makes reading feel more like work and less like fun.

Curious to know how you go about writing these out? Do you write them out while reading (say after a chapter or two?) or do you jot from memory after the read?

I take notes using a Livescribe Echo pen as I am reading. It gets OCRd about 90% correctly. I fix the last 10% manually. The whole point of taking the notes is because I have a horrible memory :).

wow, I never heard of this Livescribe pen. It looks amazing, How well does it work? I love to scribble on paper but refrained from it as I want my notes in digital form and scanning or something like that would be too much hassle.

I always wanted to build something better for taking notes (many ideas from social, to comparing notes etc.), I think that could be very useful.

I wish at least the Kindle had an API to get my highlights out.

The notes are scanned as an image, so everything depends on your handwriting. The image looks exactly like what you typed on the notebook. The scanning/OCR process to extract the text out depends on your handwriting. My handwriting is pretty bad, but I get 80-90% accuracy in the OCR

Always wanted to do something like this.

I thought 'ah nice there exists a service for it' and than 'ah no its just one blog'

But i still like it. It would help myself to browse over my own notes. i think i should try doing this instead of just thinking about it...

I love the animation of the books as they turn, appreciate the time and effort this took to get working, let alone all the great reviews you have written!

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words

This is a great idea! Would love a contribution feature, as I have some annotated notes from some books I highly regard

This! Annotation and discussion would bring a lot of value to this site! Would be awesome to be able to start a discussion (thread?) from a single note and drill down to the really specifics.

I'll try and add support for comments soon. Thanks for the input.

Thanks for this! These notes are incredibly useful and makes me want to read some of these books I haven't read before. It's also a great reminder of books I have read in the past and need a quick refresher on.

Nice of you to offer both affiliate and non-affiliate links, though I wish everyone would click the affiliate links so you are rewarded for the effort.

Is this a template or app I could use as well?

I cobbled it together using GatsbyJS and one of the starter themes. The rotating book effects are from tutorials from https://tympanus.net/codrops/

Thanks!

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