This is the second in several posts I intend to write focused on the topic of “things you can’t do with a paper book”. My previous post concerned the opportunity to view the most popular highlights generated by other readers of a specific book. This quick tutorial describes sharing your own Kindle notes with specific individuals. This might be relevant to note taking strategies such as “expert notes” and “collaborative note taking and note revision”.
This demo is based on Kindle for the iPad.
This image shows a Kindle page as would appear when the reader has clicked at the top left-hand corner of the screen to reveal other tools. The red box encloses the icon that will show the notes and highlights taken by a reader.
This image shows the notes and highlights that have been stored. I know it is difficult to see unless you click on the image to enlarge. The two red boxes on the left-hand side enclose the heading indicating a personal note or annotation as differentiated from highlighted text. The red box in the upper-right corner encloses the icon that is selected to share all notes for a specific book via email.
Closer examination of this view reveals the opportunity to add additional text content and edit notes already added.
In sending notes, you are offered the opportunity to include a citation (I don’t do this when my focus is on the annotations). The message at the bottom indicates that Kindle does impose a limit on how much content can be shared. So, for example, you could not export all the text even if highlighted to prevent a possible copyright violation.
Notes sent by email can be addressed to anyone you choose.
Notes as received as a document via email.
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