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The new reading stack

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Re: The new reading stack

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Post by james-bcn »

philips wrote: post #4

I find https://readwise.io is a valuable tool for retaining ideas from what I read. That tool helps to gather book quotes from ebooks and physical books and then uses spaced repetition to remind you of quotes over time. Personally I have never really used a tracking tool like Italic Type because I didn't feel compelled to enter all of the metadata for what felt like an unknown resulting value. But I do juggle 3-4 boo…

A game-changer for me recently has been that you can read on Kindle on the iPad in split-screen with Notes, highlight something on Kindle and drag it into Notes.

Re: The new reading stack

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Post by lonesword »

herewegoagain2 wrote: post #19

I've decided to get rid of Amazon, and ebooks are one of the difficult issues. Are there no independent sites like goodreads or LibraryThing left? I don't really need the tracking, but the discovery. Also I have found that actually ebooks are sometimes cheaper on other places than Amazon, so a price comprison would be good. It could be integrated into a site like LibraryThings- LibraryThing already has it to some ext…

I still buy my eBooks from Amazon. I currently live in Germany, but use Amazon’s India store to buy eBooks because the same ebook in Amazon.de costs twice. All you need is a transferwise card (or something similar) and you can pay in rupees.

P.S: I understand that the parent’s main concern with Amazon isn’t the price.

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Post by lallysingh »

philips wrote: post #4

I find https://readwise.io is a valuable tool for retaining ideas from what I read. That tool helps to gather book quotes from ebooks and physical books and then uses spaced repetition to remind you of quotes over time. Personally I have never really used a tracking tool like Italic Type because I didn't feel compelled to enter all of the metadata for what felt like an unknown resulting value. But I do juggle 3-4 boo…

I love readwise, but the lack of math formatting support really hurts.

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Post by finiteseries »

An0mammall wrote: post #2

This is probably different for different cities & cultures but where I live there are a lot of small book shops. Both for second hand and newly printed. People also tend to leave a lot of books on the street to take. I recently found Dark City, Silence of the Lambs and The Dean(?) in his domain on the street. All in good condition and I enjoyed eating them. I really don't understand why everything needs to be tracked…

The only mention of personal tracking is in the introductory section to the article.

The first two apps linked are for... purchasing books from local bookstores.

The third is for critic book reviews.

The fourth is for discussing books socially.

The fifth is for reading books via the Internet Archive.

Re: The new reading stack

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Post by Bostonian »

'Amazon embodies the idea that companies need to “maximize shareholder value” - a total falsehood invented in the 1970s by Milton Friedman'

One can agree or disagree with this statement of values, but it is not a dishonest "falsehood".

Re: The new reading stack

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Post by jrrrr »

Bostonian wrote: post #25

'Amazon embodies the idea that companies need to “maximize shareholder value” - a total falsehood invented in the 1970s by Milton Friedman' One can agree or disagree with this statement of values, but it is not a dishonest "falsehood".

Maybe they problem is the word "need". How do you interpret the word in this context? I read it as "are legally required to", which is a thing that can be true or false.

Re: The new reading stack

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Post by macintux »

jrrrr wrote: post #28
Bostonian wrote: post #25

'Amazon embodies the idea that companies need to “maximize shareholder value” - a total falsehood invented in the 1970s by Milton Friedman' One can agree or disagree with this statement of values, but it is not a dishonest "falsehood".

Maybe they problem is the word "need". How do you interpret the word in this context? I read it as "are legally required to", which is a thing that can be true or false.

Correct, and it indeed not a legal requirement in the U.S.
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