Kindle Notes And Highlights Now Accessible On the Web

kikar · 05-26-2009, 07:51 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...052601085.html

Didn't see this posted here so I thought I'd share this Washington Post article...

"About a half hour ago, Amazon opened up a new feature on the Kindle: the ability to read your notes and highlights on the Web. Readers have always been able to make notes and highlight text on the Kindle itself. Now those annotations appear on your account at http://kindle.amazon.com. Once you sign in, you can see all your notes.

While this opens up all sorts of possibilities, Amazon is taking a very conservative approach. You can't share your notes with others. You can't even edit them in your browser. All you can do is read them. That makes the feature little more than a Web archive of your notes and highlighted text snippets. It is a convenient feature, but why not enable sharing? Why can't I share an excerpt with my friends on Facebook or Twitter (with the beginning of a quote and a short link)?

Amazon needs to connect the Kindle to the rest of the Web. Hopefully, this is the first step in that direction."

daffy4u · 05-26-2009, 08:11 PM

Sounds like it's geared toward the academic market. I wonder if they can be printed from the web site.

05-26-2009, 07:51 PM	#1
kikar Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 258574 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN Device: Too many eReaders, One annoyed wife.	Kindle Notes And Highlights Now Accessible On the Web http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...052601085.html Didn't see this posted here so I thought I'd share this Washington Post article... "About a half hour ago, Amazon opened up a new feature on the Kindle: the ability to read your notes and highlights on the Web. Readers have always been able to make notes and highlight text on the Kindle itself. Now those annotations appear on your account at http://kindle.amazon.com. Once you sign in, you can see all your notes. While this opens up all sorts of possibilities, Amazon is taking a very conservative approach. You can't share your notes with others. You can't even edit them in your browser. All you can do is read them. That makes the feature little more than a Web archive of your notes and highlighted text snippets. It is a convenient feature, but why not enable sharing? Why can't I share an excerpt with my friends on Facebook or Twitter (with the beginning of a quote and a short link)? Amazon needs to connect the Kindle to the rest of the Web. Hopefully, this is the first step in that direction."

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05-26-2009, 08:11 PM	#2
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Sounds like it's geared toward the academic market. I wonder if they can be printed from the web site.

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