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What is your workflow on eBooks? Do you anotate them? Are there any open standards that are useful? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am slowly getting back into reading, and as a minimalist, I dislike the idea of having (or carrying) books, aside from very special ones, of course.

Is there a nice system to organize (maybe even sync) ebook information; and I mean not only bookmarking where you left, but actually notes, highlights, etc? I'd like it to be pretty "universal", so I don't depend on propietary stuff, and I can retrieve those notes 20 years from now (why else would I want to write some notes, right?).

Also, a bit off-topic for this sub, but... how do you read? E-readers? Tablets? Software choices?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wish there was a universal standard for highlights and annotations. Probably the closest we have now is syncing all that through calibre. I personally use the kindle app on an ipad, sometimes casting to my tv so I can lay in bed and read comfortably. I've tried so many epub readers and unfortunately kindle is the only one I like, that's still maintained. Marvin3 was the best but it's unmaintained and the annotation menu is broken. the kindle export is pretty shitty. It''s not super useful when you have no context as to what you're highlighting, and I think they make it shitty on purpose so you have to stay in their eco system.