Do you like to write notes in books?

AprilHare · 09-09-2009, 08:59 AM

Do you write notes in books?

Sweetpea · 09-09-2009, 09:00 AM

as in paper books?

Never, ever, ever.

Electronic? yes. Mostly to correct mistakes in the book I'm reading so I can later change the source file.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-09-2009, 09:01 AM

i don't write notes in paper books, because i feel that i am defacing them and it will possibly spoil the pleasure of reading them for myself and others (although i did when i was reading them for classes at university). however i love to write notes in ebooks because i can hide the notes and it doesn't spoil anything. i like to highlight quotes that i want to remember or come back to, vocabulary words i don't know, and also errors to correct (which i do correct, if it's a book i've made or a book i know i'll want to read again).

Slite · 09-09-2009, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AprilHare

Do you write notes in books?

I tried, but all the tippex i used to remove them made it hard to see the screen on my BeBook after a while ... (Couldn't resist)

Seriously though, I never write notes in a pbook which I assume you are talking about. I am very careful with my books and goes postal if someone borrows them and returns them with even a single "dogear".

If I need to make a note of something I use post-its

zelda_pinwheel · 09-09-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slite

I tried, but all the tippex i used to remove them made it hard to see the screen on my BeBook after a while ... (Couldn't resist)

vivaldirules · 09-09-2009, 09:08 AM

All of my nonfiction pbooks and many of my fiction pbooks have markings in them. (e.g., "Does this conclusion relate to previous one?" or "!" or "Check history of this idea" or "Too many ZCDs before breakfast") My favorite books have marks on every page. I would dearly love to be able to highlight and annotate my ebooks. It's more important than a dictionary function. So, yes, I'm considering an upgrade of my Sony 505.

columbus · 09-09-2009, 09:09 AM

Only cookery books with soft pencil. NEVER in any other books

montsnmags · 09-09-2009, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

All of my nonfiction pbooks and many of my fiction pbooks have markings in them. (e.g., "Does this conclusion relate to previous one?" or "!" or "Check history of this idea" or "Too many ZCDs before breakfast") My favorite books have marks on every page. I would dearly love to be able to highlight and annotate my ebooks. It's more important than a dictionary function. So, yes, I'm considering an upgrade of my Sony 505.

I think Clive James, one of my favourite writers, once told of enjoying the archaeology of notes in old books he'd bought, and then adding so many of his own to the mix. Provided it didn't obscure the text or introduce spoilers, I think it would be a pleasure to buy books others had read and to read their reactions and investigations and enthusiasms and even links to memories you can't access for meaning.

I write in books occasionally, after all, they're my books.

Cheers,
Marc

derrell · 09-09-2009, 09:20 AM

I don't write in paper books.

I do make notes and hilite when reading with my ebookwise. As mentioned already, I mark spelling and formating errors that I can go back and correct in books that I know that I will read again and jot down things that I think about while reading. It is one of the reasons that I really want a newer touchscreen reader with these features. It doesn't even have to be one with an e-ink screen. I like my ez-reader but I miss the note taking features and ease of following links that my ebookwise has.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-09-2009, 09:24 AM

so wait, i only just noticed the poll, is the poll about paper books ? or ebooks ?? because my answer will change, depending... (although i'm still not sure what to choose. i don't work for sony, but i LOVE my note-taking function !!!

)

Slite · 09-09-2009, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

so wait, i only just noticed the poll, is the poll about paper books ? or ebooks ?? because my answer will change, depending... (although i'm still not sure what to choose. i don't work for sony, but i LOVE my note-taking function !!!

)

Not to mention the fact that there are way to many poll-options missing. Blue one, next to the fish etc etc etc in absurdum.

AprilHare · 09-09-2009, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

so wait, i only just noticed the poll, is the poll about paper books ? or ebooks ?? because my answer will change, depending... (although i'm still not sure what to choose. i don't work for sony, but i LOVE my note-taking function !!!

)

I think I was meaning pbooks (given my lack of notetaking ability in my PRS-500)... maybe an option for only in ebooks should be added Zelda?

AprilHare · 09-09-2009, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slite

Not to mention the fact that there are way to many poll-options missing. Blue one, next to the fish etc etc etc in absurdum.

I don't know. The blue one next to the fish can wait for the next poll

zelda_pinwheel · 09-09-2009, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AprilHare

I think I was meaning pbooks (given my lack of notetaking ability in my PRS-500)... maybe an option for only in ebooks should be added Zelda?

look at that, it seems the poll fairy has passed through here.

AprilHare · 09-09-2009, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

look at that, it seems the poll fairy has passed through here.

Funny that Z

Never thought of you as a fairy!

View Poll Results: Do you like to write notes in books?
I work for Sony and have a vested interest in notewriting in books	0	0%
All the time, you can't stop me defacing those books	9	8.49%
Some of the time	13	12.26%
Very occasionally	15	14.15%
Never! The printed word is sacred and should not be defiled with scribblings!	61	57.55%
Of course ! Why do you think I love ebooks so much ?	3	2.83%
the blue one next to the fish	5	4.72%
Voters: 106. You may not vote on this poll

09-09-2009, 08:59 AM	#1
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Do you like to write notes in books? Do you write notes in books?

09-09-2009, 09:09 AM	#7
columbus Wizard Posts: 999 Karma: 5487540 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In my own imagination. Device: Sony Prs 650, 505	Only cookery books with soft pencil. NEVER in any other books Last edited by columbus; 09-09-2009 at 09:18 AM.

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09-09-2009, 09:00 AM	#2
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	as in paper books? Never, ever, ever. Electronic? yes. Mostly to correct mistakes in the book I'm reading so I can later change the source file.

09-09-2009, 09:01 AM	#3
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i don't write notes in paper books, because i feel that i am defacing them and it will possibly spoil the pleasure of reading them for myself and others (although i did when i was reading them for classes at university). however i love to write notes in ebooks because i can hide the notes and it doesn't spoil anything. i like to highlight quotes that i want to remember or come back to, vocabulary words i don't know, and also errors to correct (which i do correct, if it's a book i've made or a book i know i'll want to read again).

09-09-2009, 09:08 AM	#6
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	All of my nonfiction pbooks and many of my fiction pbooks have markings in them. (e.g., "Does this conclusion relate to previous one?" or "!" or "Check history of this idea" or "Too many ZCDs before breakfast") My favorite books have marks on every page. I would dearly love to be able to highlight and annotate my ebooks. It's more important than a dictionary function. So, yes, I'm considering an upgrade of my Sony 505.

09-09-2009, 09:20 AM	#9
derrell Jack O' Apes Posts: 227 Karma: 1939 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oklahoma Device: Ebookwise 1150, Nokia N810, EZ-Reader, HTC Droid Incredible, Archos 70	I don't write in paper books. I do make notes and hilite when reading with my ebookwise. As mentioned already, I mark spelling and formating errors that I can go back and correct in books that I know that I will read again and jot down things that I think about while reading. It is one of the reasons that I really want a newer touchscreen reader with these features. It doesn't even have to be one with an e-ink screen. I like my ez-reader but I miss the note taking features and ease of following links that my ebookwise has.

09-09-2009, 09:24 AM	#10
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	so wait, i only just noticed the poll, is the poll about paper books ? or ebooks ?? because my answer will change, depending... (although i'm still not sure what to choose. i don't work for sony, but i LOVE my note-taking function !!! )

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