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Readwise is taking on Kindle and Kobo for ebook supremacy
Source: The Verge · Published
For the last several years, Readwise has been building tools for power readers . There's the eponymous product, Readwise , which stores and categorizes your Kindle highlights to help you remember what you've read. There's Readwise Reader , an app for reading newsletters, PDFs, an
For the last several years, Readwise has been building tools for power readers . There's the eponymous product, Readwise , which stores and categorizes your Kindle highlights to help you remember what you've read. There's Readwise Reader , an app for reading newsletters, PDFs, and web articles you've saved for later.
And now there's Readwise Books, a full-fledged platform for buying, reading, and talking about books. Readwise Books is currently in beta, available through invite or to existing Readwise subscribers. I've been testing the app for a few days, and it's a much bigger take on reading than most.
Tristan Homsi and Daniel Doyon, Readwis … Read the full story at The Verge.
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