Amazon Starts Sharing What You’ve Highlighted on Your Kindle

[pavel_lishin]

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.

[pwhelan]

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]

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

[patio11]

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

[mathewi]

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

[sliverstorm]

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]

The submitter != the author.