Guide
How to export your Kindle highlights and notes
Four ways to get your Kindle highlights and notes out of Amazon: the Kindle notebook, Export Notebook in the app, My Clippings.txt and sync tools.
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Memory
Do you remember less when you read on a screen?
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Habits
How to build a reading habit that lasts
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Essay
The commonplace book: an old habit for keeping what you read
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The case for rereading books
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Marginalia: a short history of writing in the margins
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