This already happens in the traditional publishing space! Here’s an apt example: The Annotated Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Douglas A. Anderson Perhaps the dearth of these on the commercial market means that it’s not necessarily the most financially viable endeavor?
Discovery is also a huge issue here.
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favorite critic’s marginalia
Wouldn’t this be a great idea? Not only could you get a better understanding for a book, but this could also help increase economic profit. Would you think it would work if scholars, or really anyone, could charge a fee for their annotations? People who are really gooding at breaking down and analyzing texts could make an income from this. For example, in the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien has a ton of play on words and deep meanings of the names of the characters that would never be known by people who don’t too an in depth search. This could make books more enjoyable and richer to people than what they would have known. —ismith Aug 30, 2020 1
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Recall that this essay was written almost a decade ago at a time (he mentions later) before Amazon had annotation functionality on the Kindle. This context is crucial.
This aside, the user interface for these things still isn’t great, especially for e-books.
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“It’s like eating candy through a wrapper.”
I disagree with this comment. I would assume that there would be a third variable at play: John’s technological abilities. If someone struggles or is less savvy with technology, its going to be more stressful and difficult for them than someone who has a good understanding of technology. iBooks have the ability to share highlights/annotations via social networks and emails. Putting your annotations somewhere instantly so that other people can see them, like hypothesized.is, seems pretty effective. —ismith Aug 30, 2020 1
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The dream of us all…
Not too indifferent from that of Vannevar Bush in As We May Think in The Atlantic.
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What I really want is someone rolling around in the text. I want noticing. I want, in short, marginalia, everywhere, all the time. Suddenly that seems deliriously possible. 1
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This is quoted in Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia’s book Annotation.
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Twitter is basically electronic marginalia on everything in the world: jokes, sports, revolutions. 1
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This could be its own essay…
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We are living increasingly in a culture of response. 1
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This could be an interesting service to set up and run. I wonder if I could set up a private Hypothes.is group and actually charge a club rate to members for doing such a thing?
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Now, when the Coleridge of 21st-century marginalia emerges, he should be able to mark up the books of a million friends at once. 1
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