Readwise Books

I have been a Readwise customer for several years and its Highlights and Reader apps/functions are critical to how I read and track what I read. This week Readwise launched their eBook platform, which is a combination of a book store and app for Android and iOS. In a blog post Readwise explains why they are getting in to eBooks and what is their strategy. While I agree with the idea that more competition is needed in eBooks, I am not entirely sure that being the “Strava for reading” is what people want or need. All of the books I buy and read now are eBooks and I’ll confess to doing all of that via Amazon because they usually end up having the lowest prices and I can read the books on any platform by using the Kindle app. Another reason why I buy eBooks on Amazon is that it is integrated with Citibank’s ThankYou rewards and I often buy books using my points. I do this while knowing that I don’t actually own what I am buying, which I mitigate a bit by sending all that I highlight to…