Bound for Glory – the future of print

I am a very visual and active learner. I draw circles around words or phrases, highlight pertinent passages, make marginal marks and notes, or draw small doodles so I can visualize a concept. I make arrows that connect similiar ideas, draw stars next to passages that I hope I’ll be able to find again, or stick post-it notes on pages I want to visit again. This method of absorbing information does not work with online texts. —Moira RichardsonBound for Glory – the future of print (Literary Tease)

2 thoughts on “Bound for Glory – the future of print

  1. Oh, but it will, and in fact it already does.
    Diigo, an installable feature of the new firefox browser, allows a reader of an online text to highlight and add virtual post-it notes to text on a webpage, all of which are visible when the reader returns to the page. (I just noticed that someone has pointed this out in the comments of the original post.) I suspect the stars and doodles are only a matter of time.

    My reading habits are similarly kinesethetic, and I love diigo. And while I’m also an unrepentent bibliophile, I do think that online tools are going to increasingly enrich and support an active reading practice.

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