Just like we love to highlight our favorite passages and quotes and annotate our lasting impressions on the margins of our physical books, we can do the same on the eBooks in our Kindle Library. And don’t worry that if you’re not familiar with Kindle Notes & Highlights I'm going to show you how to use them and especially, the benefit that these can have for authors.
How do you use Kindle Notes & Highlights?It’s very simple, just tap, hold and drag the sections that you want to highlight and annotate. It will give you the options to choose the highlight color, make notes and more.
You can edit them, change the colors and add or modify the notes by tapping on them.
These Notes & Highlights get automatically saved in your Amazon Cloud, sync across all of your devices and you can also access them on the web at:
https://read.amazon.com
It’s very important to note that although your Kindle Notes & Highlights do sync across all of your devices, at the time of today’s article, Books (including ARCs) obtained through channels other than Amazon (like BookFunnel, StoryOrigin, BookSirens, etc...) will not show up on your Cloud nor your Goodreads account because they appear as documents in your Amazon account and not as an eBook. Let’s hope that this changes in the near future!
Link your accounts
By simply using your Kindle Notes & Highlights you're already helping authors (which we’ll learn a little bit more about it shortly), but there's another step that you can take to further your impact even more! That is by linking your Kindle Notes and Highlights with your Goodread account.
**There are multiple benefits of connecting your accounts as a reader but we'll focus on that in future posts :) **
1. First you need to have an Amazon Account (Click HERE to read How to Sign Up for an Amazon Account) and a Goodreads Account. You can create a Goodreads account using your email, Apple ID, Facebook or Amazon Account.
2. Secondly, you have to link your Amazon Account to your Goodreads account. There are 2 ways you can do this:
-You can sign into your Goodreads account on the web or on their app, go to ACCOUNT SETTINGS > APPS/LINKED ACCOUNTS > LINK AMAZON ACCOUNT
-OR you can open your Kindle App on your device > MORE > SETTINGS > GOODREADS > LINK or SIGN IN WITH GOODREADS
3. Once you link your accounts all your Kindle Notes & Highlights will synchronize and show up on your Goodreads account under My Kindle Notes & Highlights or MY BOOKS >YOUR READING ACTIVITY > Kindle Notes & Highlights
Will linking your accounts automatically make all of your Kindle Notes & Highlights visible to everyone?
No.By default, your Kindle notes and highlights are only viewable by you. You can choose to share them by marking any or all of them as “VISIBLE” and others will be able to view, like, and comment on them.
You can add, edit and delete your notes on Goodreads and your changes will be saved directly in your Kindle book. And you also have the option to “ADD YOUR THOUGHTS” below those original notes and edit them.
To make your notes and highlights visible, you first have to add the book to one of your Goodreads shelves (Want to read -Currently reading - Read- etc)
And you can also mark individual notes and highlights as spoilers by toggling the button to the right.which is one of the greatest things.
You can learn more about Kindle Notes & Highlights in the links below:
What are the benefits for authors?
1. Reader Insights: Kindle highlights provide authors a glimpse into the passages, quotes and ideas that resonate the most with their readers, which can help them gain a deeper understanding of their audience's preferences, thoughts, and emotional connections.
2. Feedback and Improvement: It's a game changer for authors, revealing the writing techniques and narrative elements that keep readers captivated. Which helps them measure and improve their writing style, their pacing, bring unforgettable characters to life, and create even more unputdownable narratives.
3. Market Research: Kindle Highlights go beyond just feedback- they're like a secret treasure chest for authors, providing them with a unique form of market research. Authors can dive into the highlights of their own books and explore the highlights of similar books in their genre, unlocking insights into readers' preferences and the latest trends. This can help them make informed decisions about their future projects and craft effective strategies that will truly resonate with their target audience.
4. Promotion: When readers highlight and share their favorite passages on platforms like Goodreads or social media, these snippets act as Word-of-Mouth Promotion, sparking curiosity, generating buzz, and enticing new readers, potentially leading to increased sales.
5. Exposure: Amazon uses aggregated Kindle highlight data to analyze reading habits and make book recommendations so highlights can signal to Amazon's algorithms that the book is engaging and deserves more exposure and visibility.
6. Reader-Writer Connection: Kindle Highlights allow authors to establish a stronger connection with their readers by understanding what they find interesting, thought-provoking, or memorable, consistently delivering the ingredients that touch their hearts and engaging in meaningful conversations about their works. With each interaction authors build a dedicated fanbase and a community.
This can be a great form to engage with your readers. You can be as creative as you want! Share all those little details that you want readers to know about your book (What motivated you to write a certain scene, what inspired you to create a specific character?...Let us get to know you!) and why not? Include interesting questions that will spark conversation!
You can click HERE to know more about it
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