Notes

A note is text you write about a book. It can be about a term, a character, a concept, a chapter’s gist, or a reflection. Highlights store the author’s text. Notes store your own.

Every note belongs to at least one book. It can link to that book’s chapters, highlights and tags.

Writing a note

Open a book’s Notes tab and create a note. A note has:

• A title.
• A kind: Character, Term, Concept, Gist, Reflection or Other. The kind is optional. You can filter notes by kind.
• A body, written in Markdown.
• Chapters it is about, chosen from the book’s table of contents.
• Tags. You can create new tags as you type.

A Gist note is short: one or two sentences about what a chapter says, in your own words. A Reflection note is one of the four answers in a book reflection.

Linking notes

• From a highlight or a chapter, add a new note or link an existing one.
• A note shows everything it is linked to. You can remove any link.

For example, write a Term note about a word the author uses, and link it to the highlights where the word appears.

Finding notes

The Notes tab has a semantic search field that finds notes by meaning. You can also filter by note kind and by tag.

When you open a note, you can:

• go to the previous or next note
• copy its content or a link to it
• edit or delete it
• make flashcards from it