Method 2: Instapaper/Pocketįor articles I want to read in bulk or offline, I use Instapaper. But if you’re talking about the fundamentals - getting highlights and notes into Readwise - it’s perfect. When you delete a comment, Hypothes.is automatically scrolls the entire page up. You need to log in for every new page you want to highlight. The only thing with Hypothes.is right now is that it’s pretty clunky. This saves the source to Evernote for further research later, lets me quote original sources, and keeps me focused on the current material. One of my favourite tricks is copying and annotating any sources or quotes the author uses.

You can’t highlight PDFs or add annotations with any other highlighting tool (that I know of). This lets you use Readwise’s tagging syntax to identify headings (.h1. Hypothes.is is better because it lets you annotate each highlight and it also lets you annotate PDFs. Instapaper is for articles that I want to read later - mostly, non-work related articles - while Hypothes.is is for articles and PDFs that I read as I find them.

Highlights on all ePub books can then be exported and emailed to Readwise via Hypothes.is & Instapaper: How to Save Online Article Highlights If you have to download and read a book outside of the Kindle ecosystem, I prefer getting them as ePub files and reading them on iBooks. You can export your Kindle highlights and email them to This is especially useful for saving highlights for personal documents that you upload to the Kindle app or to your standalone device. Highlights for books bought and read on Kindle are automatically sent to Readwise. I buy most of my books on Amazon and read them on the Kindle iOS app. Kindle & iBooks: How to Save eBook Highlights

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