Making e-book notes on the computer

2026-03-12 15:28

There were many ways for a computer to take notes in an e-book: 1. ** Using e-book reading tools ** - ** Wechat Reading (APP)**: A reading app under the banner of QQ. It supports a variety of reading methods such as listening to books and flipping pages. You can take notes while reading, such as writing ideas, bookmarking, inquiring, sharing, etc. Its line drawing function has three marking options, and it also has social attributes. High-quality public notes and comments can attract readers to interact. - ** KindleTouch (e-reader and related software)**: Reading e-books on the KindleTouch can protect your eyesight, and the virtual keyboard of the KindleTouch is convenient for typing. When reading, you can press and hold the marked content to take notes. The notes are generated in the Clippings file under the Files folder. After connecting to the computer, you can use the Kindle Mate to export the notes in TXT format, and then use tools such as Word, Wiznote, Evernote, and Onrenote to organize them. However, it was easy to fragment the information with the label on the iPad. When reading the notes, you needed to review the chapter and related content, unlike the content of the relevant books in the WeChat reading. - ** Other reading tools **: Douban Reading, Qidian Reading, Library Pavilion, Dangdang Cloud Reading, etc. are also e-book reading tools that can take notes while reading. There are also e-books sold online that are bound to readers, such as iReader, Hanwang, etc., which can meet the needs of taking notes. 2. ** Using a PDF-reader ** - ** Foxit (reader)**: The cloud document function can sync documents with the computer. The APP version could automatically scan the PDF-files on the phone, click on the document list to read them, and search for PDF-files and view historical reading records. In addition to the common functions of an e-book reader (such as highlight, draw lines, annotate, add bookmark), it could also insert pictures, text boxes, and watermarks such as read and pass in the PDF-document. - **Adboe Acrobat (PC)**: Take notes by adding notes. The software will automatically save the contents of the notes. When the mouse swipes over the note icon, the contents of the notes will float. You can click on the note icon and then click in the note text box to modify the contents of the notes. It also provides a note search function. You can enter keywords to find them. 3. ** Note arrangement and synchronization ** - ** Evernote **: You can save book notes and reading notes and organize them. Some applications could be directly synchronized to Evernote (such as reading more, reading on Jingdong, getting), while others needed to be copied and pasted (such as reading on WeChat). 4. ** Use a specific tool to convert notes to manage them.(For special format e-books)**: As for bookxnote notes (saved in a separate folder in json format), you can develop the Obsidian plug-in to sync notes to Obsidian, first read the note list, convert bookxnote notes to markdown format, and also generate a link so that clicking in Obsidian notes can automatically open the corresponding marked position of bookxnote to facilitate reading the context. When you use it, you can set the location of the notebook and the location of the Obsidian's reading notes and click sync. Read more exciting novels for free