Amazon Starts Sharing What You’ve Highlighted on Your Kindle

http://gigaom.com/2010/05/03/amazon-starts-sharing-what-youve-highlighted-on-your-kindle/

by jlhamilton • 16 years ago

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pwhelan• 16 years ago

If they made this opt-in, it would be great. When I read a physical book, it is a private thing and to maintain the integrity of the experience it should be opt-in.

That being said, I would be interested to see the results of what people are highlighting -- especially if they highlight and comment. I have also thought that the kindle should have a "Fire Notes" (kindle + spark notes = fire notes?) where you can download it and hook it onto the file and have the notes within the book. It would be great for classes and independent readers.

DrSprout• 16 years ago

I would like to see it get back to publishers at any rate. It would be extremely useful for authors.

pavel_lishin• 16 years ago

I'm okay with this so long as there's absolutely no identifying information that goes along with it.

Having said that, if I had a kindle, I guess I'd start highlighting every obscenity.

sliverstorm2• 16 years ago

The headline you've given it makes this sound like they are sharing the info of individual users.

"The service doesn’t say which sections of which specific books a reader has highlighted..."

devinj• 16 years ago

The submitter != the author.

sliverstorm2• 16 years ago

Is it wrong that I hold HN readers to higher standards when it comes to titles than miscellaneous news websites? :)

patio11• 16 years ago

That's about as accurate as saying "Amazon stars sharing what books you read" by... publishing bestseller lists.

mathewi• 16 years ago

That's a fair point -- might have been better to say "Starts Sharing What Readers Highlight on Their Kindles"

Amazon Starts Sharing What You’ve Highlighted on Your Kindle

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