Readwise has done it again... with Readwise Reader

I count Obsidian and Readwise to be two PKM apps that changed the way I think about and work with notes and highlights. Today, I'm adding a third to that list: Readwise Reader.

If you haven't heard of Reader, it's basically Instapaper on steroids -- built by PKM nerds for PKM nerds. That means many of the challenges us oldies who used Instapaper back in the day have been solved by built-in workflows in the app.

I seriously mean it when I say that Reader does everything it can to grease the wheels of reading, processing, and highlighting content you find on the web.

When you're ready, there are three ways I can help:

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[davidpetraitis]

Wow, thanks, this is really helpful for some recent writing that I am working on.
Love that it will go into My Obsidian as well.

[meeluanistyn]

This is a super helpful video - thank you for posting it. I’m a new Reader user and have found the tutorials created by the Reader team to be pretty unhelpful - too fast and confusing enough to make me wonder whether to delete the Reader app. By contrast, yours is great - a measured delivery with practical examples I can relate to. I’m now beginning to understand how I can leverage Reader for my own purposes. You have a new subscriber!

[dypto-crypto]

Your explanatory style is engaging and easy to follow. Very helpful. I'm now sold on Readwise.

[Azn_Bran]

Can't wait for this! No more need for Instapaper to feed to Readwise to feed to Obsidian!

[brrruski]

Mind changing app, thank you for introducing it🎉

[Jaszunai]

I've seen a lot of people use this workflow, and I don't understand what the value is.
When I read articles online, I have the article on one screen, and Obsidian open on a different screen.
As I read the articles, I take notes straight into Obsidian.
I later process those notes into atomic notes.

I don't understand the value of highlighting the article, or of going back to the article later.

[voldefox]

Does it save the articles such that even if the original article gets deleted for some reason, we still have it saved in Reader?

[charlesbonfante]

Great explanation. Thank you for the intro!

[jamilael-gizuli]

How do we transfer the saved articles from instapaper and subscriptions in feedly into readwise reader? that would be great to know. Thank you

[robnights]

How have you connected Readwise reader to Obsidian? I have the Obsidian Readwise plugin set up, but it's not working with Readwise reader...

[jaime]

What would you recommend for gathering information from physical books? It seems that Readwise and Readwise Reader are just not the right product for that purpose. I wish they had something built-in to deal with manual notes that you can write from information from a book. Any advice here?

[AlexMurrell]

Great video. Quick question. Where can you buy (DRM free) ebooks that work within Reader?

[socialwill]

I am curious how, or if, you can get the Readwise data into Reader? I just started using Reader but can not see or find anything I have in Readwise from book highlights.

[JeffreyAmanTampa]

Great video! I can't find out how to sync Reader with Notion.

[kwanchan]

Great Review..Sounds like I will have to start subscribing the Readwise after watching your video! :)
A few questions:
Sounds like I can even replace my Bookmarking/Readlater services like Diigo, Pinboard, Pockets...etc? I find it so frustrating that I have juggle so many different platforms in order to achieve what I need:
1: keep a copy of the original site(so even if original site removed, I still retain a copy
2. allow easy export of all the bookmakrs, annotations, notes into a non-proprietary format or at least another service
I would really appreciate your comment on this. :)

[robyneveringham]

Started using Reader and I have 2 questions. 1. How to export highlighted article from Reader to Roam/Obsidian etc (I can do it from Readwise but can't see how to do it from Reader) 2. A;so, can I search Reader by just document tag instead of the search displaying all references to the tag in search?

[aaoops]

I signed up for readwise before watching your video. Can you pls get an offer to extend the 30-day trial to 60 days?

[robertwhite]

I am not convinced that pasting volumes of quotes into a PKM is useful to me. I use my notes to remember things. Generally a few words and facts are enough. Any more than that, then it makes more sense to just link the original.

Wish Kindle would allow a little copying but not worth £5, to £8, per month. Any PKM has tags, like "read-later" and can link to articles.

Cannot decide between Obsidian (free) for Zettlecasten methed and CheckVist (free/chargeable) outlining. Most of my Obsidian notes become Outlines, but the jumping around notes in Obsidian is intriguing. Used both for a while. Obsidian is text-based like HTML but actually Markdown. I like text based things for long term use but you need to use your own cloud based storage to allow multi-device use. Whereas Checkvist is cloud-based with import/export options.

[ksenijapopovic]

I still don't get whether I'm supposed to buy both Readwise and Readwise Reader, or if I get the reader, I will automatically have Readwise, too 👀

[pestkaproductions]

Hi. Why can't I use reader? I got message

"Unfortunately your account does not have access to the Reader right now. We're onboarding folks as fast as we can, and hope to be in touch soon! :)"