« So are book highlights as social objects going to be a phenomenon? I’m skeptical. Highlighting and note-making in e-books is a personal thing. I make highlights in a book because I want to remember a passage or idea in it. While I am curious sometimes to see what other people highlighted from a book I read, it’s far more valuable to me to see what books other people are reading – and Goodreads is the place to go for that. So I think Amazon is doing the right thing by keeping highlights and notes private by default ». (via Why Book Highlights Are Anti-Social)