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Jeffrey – I like that approach. Along the same lines, I often use an index card or something similar as a bookmark so that I can note down things as I go along. If I see one big upside to e-readers (aside from potentially toting fewer books with me when I travel!) it’s that they might finally help with getting all of my notes into a tagged database, as you suggest, in a more efficient way (much as I do now with reading in an RSS reader). Still, I suspect there is something gained by having to go through the effort of going back to review and transfer physical notes. Thanks for commenting – and good luck with building that database some day! – Jeff
ReplyMy current nonfiction reading process is to put a few jumbo post-its inside the front and back covers. When I run across a concept I want to remember, I note the page number and concept on the inside front cover Post-it; quotes get excerpted on the inside back cover Post-it. I used to just write this info on the cover, but by putting it on the Post-its, I then can “export” the info for other uses more easily. I dream of one day keying in all this info into a sortable database with tags, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
ReplyJeff,
It must be serendipity that we are in the same head space. My blog post today is Reading and Listening Plan Process, which includes reference guides on how to read. As a voracious reader, I am always talking about reading, and often take notes in the front of the book when I reading because I do book reviews. I have a series of questions that I like to answer to get the most from my reading.
Here are three related blog posts to assist when reading books:
https://theinvisiblementor.com/2010/03/23/reading-listening-plan-process/
https://theinvisiblementor.com/2010/03/15/book-summary-templatehow-to-get-the-most-from-a-book/
https://theinvisiblementor.com/2010/03/22/how-to-master-a-subject/
Hope this helps! Avil Beckford
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